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Use in varieties of Scots

haunt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 11.3 1.5 0 0 51.7 0
Number of occurrences2822 1 0 0 5 0
Number of authors20 18 1 2

Occurrences of haunt in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, it's sure tae come back tae haunt ye, somewhere alang the road. on page 13

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Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
a slave tae the memories that haunt them. Ah kin nae mare absolve on page 12

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
reweel do, A'll come back tae haunt ye,' he added afore takin a b on page 47

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ful this doesn't come back to haunt yi. Mon, Monica, A needty get on page 31

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ever! .. . May this foul deed haunt ye aa yer days an nichts as l on page 47

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
nd ae hollow fur ghosties tae haunt. on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ell, apart fae that loat that haunt The Carousel oan a Seturday n on page 150

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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
the Evil Ane himsel come tae haunt Jock's corpse in the shape o on page 94

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e's deid twin'll come back an haunt yi. Frieda nearly shat hersel on page 106

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ht lang gaen hae returned tae haunt us, on page 40
ae bygone years, Tae shock an haunt us, on page 47

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e Masonic wis Maw's favourite haunt in hur glory days. She said p on page 3

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
fishers, ghaistly shoals come haunt, on page 39

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
omin in the nicht?? Comin tae haunt him?? Comin tae wyte him!! on page 19

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
and by haunt.
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll haud awa tae haunt anew
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
years ye’ve hung there tae haunt me. Twa years o’ gradual de
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ees will aywiss come back tae haunt ye, tell the truth and shame
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
a slave tae the memories that haunt them. Ah kin nae mare absolve
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
afore the game came back tae haunt them - laddies doin a sterli (2020) twitter link
aboot the fans comin back tae haunt him - what a state this club (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o fish haunt the vast emptyin sea. on page 8

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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
They'll suin cam back tae haunt him yet, Should he no deliver on page 212

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
nge embarrassment, sic is the haunt o ae gey wheen o the populati
h Heid. The storie gans at ae haunt o the Covenanters wis tae try
roblem; fer frae eet, bot his haunt wis, whan hei
nst the hoose, wis ae favorit haunt fur youth, i
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