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Use in varieties of Scots

misses Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 5.5 4.5 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1611 3 0 2 0 0
Number of authors15 10 3 2

Occurrences of misses in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
as his forward shoots and misses on page 4

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
oung scriever, Jess Kavanagh, misses her lowp oan tae a tourist bu on page 90

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ms' as gin it wes a novel, he misses notin the drawbacks o thon pr on page 95

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
irt o the Burns canon, but it misses this ane, eien as a contender on page 4

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hink masell, tho, at Dr. Robb misses a guid opportunitie ti read i
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
makin the effort, ah ken she misses hame an Ah believe that her P
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
His Misses is gien him whit fur in the v
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ies want.’ he sais, tae his Misses’ obvious annoyance.
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
he right She very seldom ever misses Bit backs it up wi’ tender
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
lyglot. He bides in Lunnin an misses Scotland. See his wabsite at
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ns fir Pittodrie - he nivver misses a maatch." on page 13

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
She's no a quine 'at misses much on page 159

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
misses chatterbox be doon here, jist
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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Der's naethin aboot me dat misses dy een. on page 47

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
yun entirely misses da point o da dysh an its nae on page 103

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