A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

disappear Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 17 7.5 19.9 17.4 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4533 5 2 3 2 0
Number of authors36 25 5 2 3 1

Occurrences of disappear 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
tae be in a place and syne disappear, reappear some ither on page 18

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t, but they're aff. They both disappear, back up the red ash path n o on page 25
noo. The din fades n they aw disappear. on page 51

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
at us fae the corridor. They disappear afore ah can work oot if ah r on page 1

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
but disappear the second that it's time tae on page 79

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
andin behind us jist seem tae disappear intae thin air. Only the boay on page 42
hese workin-class hero thoats disappear when the voice comes in thoug on page 81
's ae ill will tae supposedly disappear. on page 98

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ions an siller cuid mak it aw disappear An we shuid aye mind, ower at on page 54

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
1 CAN MAKE BEER DISAPPEAR ~WHAT'S YOUR SUPER POWER. on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Slowly disappear aneath salt sea brine, on page 20
Wid disappear in that terrible year, on page 27
Meenisters strangely disappear! Weel, Maggie warnt us!! on page 47

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Doug's heid stertit tae disappear intae the wormhole. Kat lowpe on page 5

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ACHINES. CLART, it said, WILL DISAPPEAR LIKE SNAW AFF A DYKE. Geordie on page 23

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
narrower. Looked like it wid disappear ony meenit an we'd be stuck i on page 19

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Where the puck did ye disappear tae last nicht?? Maw shouts. on page 14

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Slawly disappear aneath salt sea brine,
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Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
the paper as if willan it ti disappear. Whan that didnae wark she sp
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae fade awa an disappear.
Whit can A dae but disappear?
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
dvance on his pey, and he wad disappear for days on a bender. I mind
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
tional economy gin it wis tae disappear owernicht. The notion that Sc
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
arallel universe an will soon disappear up their ain jacksies.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Don’t you disappear noo, ye hear? Ye’ve tae get
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
occasionally wan ay the faces disappear. People die, life goes oan. S
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
enewable energy. She used tae disappear for the weekend and we never
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e,” she sayed. “No gin we disappear intae thaim lik
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tryin tae mak' th' discomfort disappear. It didnae end bit spread. Th
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t, hide between the stars and disappear beneath the horizon. But she
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An’ it’ll disappear.”
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@ClashCityClarky tweeted
jingbang o things that micht disappear for guid in the wake o COVID-(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
t hunner year or so will jist disappear doon the pan !!! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ts dearie" Lachie the butcher disappear't Awa ahin the scenes on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Will nivir disappear, I've seen 'at roadie afore on page 201

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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
I’d hate wir heritage to disappear as I love the Doric and I dab
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
o miss. I watched my hometown disappear in front of me. Watched the s
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
e intil neuks in the whins an disappear. #dubbydingo https://t.co/sCJ (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
lists o things they hid seen disappear fae Orkney in thur lifetimes.
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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
, wan o the words likely to disappear in a couple o generations?

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
de doon da rodd, an seemed ta disappear intae your porch." on page 31

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De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
CHINES. DIRT, hit said, ’LL DISAPPEAR LAEK MAGIC. Dodie didna ken w
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Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Du’d disappear
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
His final chapter tae disappear on page 6
And so she came tae disappear on page 35

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