A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

disappeared Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.9 12.3 27.1 29.8 23.2 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5424 18 3 4 4 1
Number of authors36 16 10 2 4 3 1

Occurrences of disappeared in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
t forenent his een and a ferm disappeared. on page 18

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
me back wae the Duchess, it'd disappeared awthegither: so the King an t on page 86

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Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
Did Carole Baskin kill her disappeared husband n feed him tae her lu on page 88

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ings o a harp. The black hole disappeared. A puff o smoke appeared oots on page 49

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
kken tent o that the milk had disappeared. on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
young John disappeared intae the mist for a day on t on page 45
lang herd's stride o his, an disappeared smertly roun the corner by Kn on page 59

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
iss Trunchbull hud completely disappeared fae the scene, the braw Mr Tr on page 222

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ir smile disappeared. on page 58

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
irlt an the monstrous thingie disappeared in a puff o smoke that smellt on page 66

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
heids o the hoverin crood an disappeared intae the sky. For a saicond, on page 25

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d and shooders had completely disappeared through the ceilin and she wi on page 46
'She's gane. She's disappeared awthegither" skirled Mrs Kran on page 103

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
swirl roond an roond till it disappeared. on page 43
ter's edge, where it promptly disappeared frae sight. Naebody wid be da on page 45
retreat. That wis when Neilly disappeared. He wis richt ahent me yin mi on page 73

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
t a stooshie! Hauf the widd's disappeared and there are gadgies wi guns on page 46

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Wance through, the ghaists aw disappeared leavin Hercules on his ain. P on page 53

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Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
pint, unfoldit his paper and disappeared ahint it.
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Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
The auld wummin disappeared doon the brae and the young w
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
un a Scottish rebellion. They disappeared. Naeb’dy kens tae this day
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e, ah waited. Mah smile ne'er disappeared as ah decided tae pounce.
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ears ago. We hud wan bit it's disappeared. Ah'll ask Bruce an The Bleth(2016) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
saurus @Lennie Ma ither reply disappeared. We huv a laid awe ae oor ain (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
that she turnt on her heel an disappeared up a close. on page 40

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Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
at the kye hud left ahint, an disappeared like sna affa dyke in simmer. on page 84

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he feared His yalla fish hid disappeared Back tae the shop he gid - b on page 15

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wi e Duchess, id hed entirely disappeared: so e King an e executioner r on page 84
ettled doon again, e cook hed disappeared. on page 111

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
An it wis sic a hicht it jist disappeared intae the mist abeen their he on page 87

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jist wi that the twa Jeannies disappeared intae
ht gweed time." Ronald Bricky disappeared for a
ve it a richt hardy whack. He disappeared intae a clood o
disappeared under the seat an fell soun a
hid disappeared intae the hoose, fester an fe
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
hid disappeared. He hunted awye for them, loo
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
thon wi tales o chiels faa'd disappeared an niver bin seen again in th
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nt (afore man in his ain makk disappeared aathegither) wis Dr Tammas La
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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
ay mist cam doun and he juist disappeared, slaw like, juist vanished. I
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
d a bib roon ma neck and then disappeared behind ma .
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@72redz1903 tweeted
yny and domestic violence has disappeared and the parallels in terms of (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Twitters Tories have disappeared like snaw aff a dyke the day(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the West Mainland winter, An disappeared. on page 6

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ay You-Ken-Whar seems tae hiv disappeared at last, the Muggles funnd oo
ryone’s sayan? Aboot why he disappeared? An whit finally stopped him?
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
fan oot shü wis pregnant he disappeared ower da horizon. No onnly dat on page 37

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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
scurried aff ahint a stane an disappeared. I sulked lookin at da scrip
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ficial status or written form disappeared.
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
snow” meanwhile wir road has disappeared (2021) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The grave just disappeared on page 56

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
i th Duchess, eet hae totally disappeared: sae th King an th executione on page 86
ettled doon agin, th cook hae disappeared. on page 114

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Yid hed disappeared, the Bryden’s, being the te
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Disappeared by tha IRA? on page 20

1 matches

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