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disappointed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 6.7 6 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences2113 4 0 4 0 0
Number of authors17 11 3 3

Occurrences of disappointed in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
at bitter cocktail ae angry n disappointed. Even Broonie's da is shakin on page 55

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
c Martens. Bruce is naturally disappointed ah've hud tae cut shoart oor on page 176

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Later oan Ah wis disappointed tae fin on page 129

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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
she’s no really angry, jist disappointed wae us. “You promised you
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e a look fae Joe, like he’s disappointed or somehin; like ah’ve let
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ought the lamas would be dead disappointed that the wean wisnae the new
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
than “He’ll be a wee bit disappointed in that.” He was impartial
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ens, help ma boab, I wis fair disappointed. An I cud tell Rab wis the sa
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
the ladies, but ah’m still disappointed, ah thought ah had ay shot wi
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ht owerset it variously as ‘disappointed/annoyed’ or, at the mair ex
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tell him. ‘’ But you’ve disappointed me’’.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
andle the truth and he husnae disappointed. He’s still hidenin awey in
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
good lady must hae been awfy disappointed the first time she clapped he(2020) search twitter

Doric

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
he auld hospital. A wis a bit disappointed cos it didna look a that scar
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the big hoose but wiz tae be disappointed fin it wiz the aal hoosekeepe
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
@ChristopherHarv aye min, I'm disappointed in u laddie. I asked ye tae p(2016) search twitter
An affa lot of disappointed Aberdeen fans piling into the(2016) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ef kye, or nane ava. I wis da disappointed, fur I wis been lookin forwar on page 62
"No, disappointed, bit no surprised. I mind whi on page 74

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
vexed = 'annoyed, disappointed' in StE: I'm vexed I canna se on page 106

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Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Gutteryaggle lookit disappointed.
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