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disbelief Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 8.7 4.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2117 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors15 11 3 1

Occurrences of disbelief in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
io ae pusses painted in sheer disbelief. on page 35

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ms tae be in a state ae utter disbelief. on page 77
n the midst ae an overdose ae disbelief. Surely suttin sae beautiful on page 79
e ae shock. And the sense ae_ disbelief which contaminated the atmosp on page 100

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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
o1m's face an a look o utter disbelief cam ower it as he raised his on page 51

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary (luik o horror, disbelief): Are ye gaan clean gyte, wom on page 35

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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
o disbelief an amazement. For a moment th
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah sat there fur a second in disbelief. It sounded genuine, if stran
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The engineer leukit at him in disbelief. “Ye’ve nae idea, hiv ye?
h’m willin tae pit aside ma disbelief,” she sayed.
he leuch. “Thoo can pit thy disbelief in thy pooch? Than thoo’ll
rnin.” She shuk her heid in disbelief. “Lat me tak yer erm,” sa
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
solutely rank. Carol stood in disbelief thinkin she had escaped that
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
lieved Aye voters tae be an a disbelief that Scotland had the capacit
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e o Scotland. A muckle pech o disbelief wis easily heard bi awbody in
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n expression ae unadulterated disbelief that ah’ve come in peace ta
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ran awa. He shuik his heid in disbelief.
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
starin doon it im wi a leuk o disbelief oan is face. on page 15

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Isie tossed her heid in disbelief.
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e the licht an gazin at it in disbelief’.
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie stapt an read aloud wi disbelief. "I've said goodbye to that w on page 27

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