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The word 'disappointed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
disappointedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52117
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of disappointed in Corpus

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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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Mid Northern A

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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Mid Northern B

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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General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@ChristopherHarv aye min, I'm disappointed in u laddie. I asked ye tae p(2016)
An affa lot of disappointed Aberdeen fans piling into the(2016)

(South) East Central

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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West Central

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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Edinburgh

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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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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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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Glasgow

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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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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General Central

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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@DABArbuckle tweeted
good lady must hae been awfy disappointed the first time she clapped he(2020)

South West (Galloway)

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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