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missin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34 30.9 49.5 0 58.1 31 13.3
Number of occurrences11061 33 0 10 3 3
Number of authors65 40 15 4 3 3

Occurrences of missin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e players tae be executit fir missin their turns, an she didnae mu on page 84

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Withoot missin a beat Dolly says, 'I think w on page 22

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s fucked. He laughs, showin a missin tooth, n kicks the boy in the on page 20
in cos the only thing that's' missin is the Toi. They huvnae shown on page 58

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the players tae be killt for missin their turns, an she didnae li on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
they noticed that Mollie wis missin. Gawin back, the ithers foond 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
ae corpse tae fin hauf a face missin, an the sichtless ee that wis on page 53

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ee lockit. An yin hauf finger missin midmaist oan the left. Whitna on page 10

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
die back tae front - they're missin' the big picture. on page

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
s cause ma claithes keep goin missin. Spent the mornin lookin fur on page 5

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ormwidd said, scunnered aboot missin her programme. 'Is that aw ye on page 88
avin in hauf an hour! Ah'm no missin thon plane!' on page 227

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Besides, somethin wis missin fae the stane on page 191

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ir aye-wiz missin. on page 67

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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
e sailin up the river wis the missin boat. At last he thocht, this on page 34
at steerer, Davie Bowman, wis missin. Nou as the Chief Harpooner B on page 41
sheepish Dod, 'I've fair been missin it ye ken,' on page 60
when boadies seemit tae gang missin. on page 109

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ye awricht? Is there ony bits missin aff ye?' on page 152

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
's mibbe jist yin vital thing missin and ye hae tae mind whit it i on page 88

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* Is she missin her schuil noo that she's oan on page 30

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
d be too upset tae mind o the missin bag. They couldna pin onythin on page 43

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Jesus hus gone missin!' Cathy shouted wan mornin ah on page 9
you if wan o its chairs went missin. Ah know this room so well ah on page 35

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
n o Gleswegians, includin the missin oot o twa Lothian constituenc on page 9

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Diz he go iz dinger? Is he missin a screw?" on page 4

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
er. I wunner if ma dauncer is missin me." on page 76

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ye'll ne'er ken whit ye're missin. on page 62

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
iously like ane whit had gaen missin frae the kitchens twa days sy on page 17

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
t. Gin the daft bugger's gane missin, it's no leukin awfu guid!'. on page 60

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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
a really guid time there, no missin a trick wi the organisin’.
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ystem.34 This is perceivit as missin an opportunity,
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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ea maskin, A can tell ye ye'r missin something. Ay, maist o them's
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
y ornament an a plastic panel missin fae the grip on ma right haun
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“Ye’ll be missin your walk, Miss M. I’ll get
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye'll ne'er ken whit ye're missin.
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
hield sent doon tae finnd the missin men efter an inrush o moss in
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
their first wan but they’re missin the fuckin point. It’s no m
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
but seein as he resembles the missin link between apes an Homo sap
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m jist missin wee Neville the day. Council
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
year o Eros shootin at – an missin – Atalanta, mair nor three
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
d roond the Carmunnock bypass missin every turn.
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
whan they saw that Mollie wis missin. Gaun back, the ithers fund s
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her wey. She had three teeth missin fae the tap o her mou.
em wis cairryin Abdul, wi his missin shank. The Auld Men tane it i
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
big hairy dug The ‘hing wis missin’ hauf a lug Am jeest gled a
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Hazel wis pure ragin. She wis missin a Billy Connolly stand-up fir
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ellectual heft they’ve been missin. Wi their sax votes potential
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n a perspective that’s been missin frae political discourse afor
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
aws, but mony o us are sairly missin thon yin-on-yin quality time
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
government wis that angry at missin the chance tae deal wi him al

@Chazzbat tweeted
anely jist noticed Hannah is missin hauf her airm. Ah wunnered wh(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
Missin Germany so mush a by a street(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n because ma faither had gone missin. "Whit dis yer man look like?(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
luebell_FC @LEAFA_Official no missin that yin - mon the bluebell (2020) twitter link
landFA lookin braw wee man - missin ma trips tae nitten mind you (2020) twitter link
finished a draw wae the east missin a penalty - credit 2 both te (2020) twitter link
oot the nicht fir a swally n missin oot - ffs am ragin lol (2020) twitter link
e help noticin jake moyes wis missin fir the lads night oot lol (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'is fither we're leukin for a missin person here ... or a corp?' on page 80

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
got news that his cousin was missin somewey in the North Atlantic on page 40

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
dra Clouston he haed reportit missin an cud only assume that he ha on page 30

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Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
experience an nae a thochtie missin on page 20

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah still canna believe Ah'm missin Emmerdale fir ess," she said, on page 60
me aboot es lang es Ah'v bin missin him. on page 67
Ah widna like ye te feel ye'r missin oot." on page 84

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ony gweed o," protestit Ivor, missin the irony o the situation ath on page 12
t ere wis nae pynt in's baith missin the maatch. Norman hikit is f on page 16
vas o a nyaakit maanie fa wis missin is heid an baith feet. "Fower on page 30

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
the quinie I'm missin on page 73
Ye divna ken fit's missin on page 105

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
o realised ane o his saws wis missin. As he says; on page 118

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Tavish's lug his nae chunce o missin't: 'You may keep the penny, m on page 110

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Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
The fermtoon cat wis missin. Far could it be? The fermer
mer had seen that the cat wis missin fan the kye were being milked
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
at schule that foreneen. The missin echt war frae fairms tae the
eepit doon the timmer stairs, missin the step wi the creak, flitti
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an cud easy makk things gang missin – he'd made Neil's birth re
h seas fur hame, Natalie gaed missin. The verra neist day her corp
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
siller stick in e air. Niver missin it, catchin it ivery time. I
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
AA meetings she wis probably missin oot on noo that she wis stuck
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
tell them whit she thinks is missin? They clump roon the hoose, u
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Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
‘n they’re missin’ the history; ‘n the scen
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Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
d jist came fae tae find the missin’ pin
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
He's oan ayenoo. Ye're nae missin muckle. https://t.co/gjrrQufL(2020) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
@mcarle17 Missin ma fix https://t.co/WKKc9MH2p(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an at her shooders wis geen a-missin: aa at shd could see whin sh on page 52
ta hae der heads taen aff for missin der turn, an shö didna laek on page 86

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
he medd o it too. Bit ah'm no missin a second chance. Shü's fille on page 40
id, you dunna ken what you're missin. It's a peety fur dat aald tr on page 63
aaed da hill dey wir twartree missin. An da hintin began. 'Ony ane on page 73

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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“I am missin my bed,” Jeemie telt me ee
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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
But dunna you worry aboot missin Muttontief, Uggledlugs, Snurt
If onything gengs missin you can mebbe blame Muttontie
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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
aboot her midder. Wid shö be missin her? Shö turned up ta Da Str
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
rae 8.p.m. til 3.a.m. wiooten missin ae dance, an gey affen wi his
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
in – she wis merked as a ‘missin person’. There were nae mai
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@StuartPoet tweeted
Cheers pal, gled ye like it. Missin ma auld da the day.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
aboot lovin yae missin yae on page 38

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ges. Aa yer freens at wark is missin yer crack, fur y ir aye a qua on page 26

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Yin baag pairt missin' bes the the cultural tourism on page 64

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