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The word 'disaster'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
disasterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.34425
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 3
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 disaster 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We hid the odd disaster bit no more than you'd expect on page 24
r? Yes, that's a quite severe disaster. You really should have known on page 75

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
resigned after that election disaster...but then again he canny be (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
floaten upsyde's doon, "Aaaa" Disaster a roart! Eis we clippet thi b on page 18
ee wee Mojo, ett'] en up en a disaster," Aleckie say's. "Hee's prubb on page 32

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aat his, an it wis a complete disaster. Ye ken, Walter Wid, the post on page 50

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
k at's a wise idea? Efter yon disaster wi the blin date, Ah'm a bitt on page 35
Bit yon quine's jist a waakin disaster. An ye hiv te admit, she's na on page 51

3 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Disaster! There is nae whisky in the h (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
rst for the fermer hid been a disaster. Fin the wither
disaster. There is nivver eneuch run o
2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
ith han's th gither ......... disaster!! :-((2012)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
p @HumzaYousaf man is a total disaster - need a say more! (2021) twitter link
@cathedral_sport disaster of a decision imo - great id (2020) twitter link
rget snp and alba-the road to disaster in scotland lol (2021) twitter link
by the highland leagues is a disaster n thats fact lol (2020) twitter link
re actually good at - what a disaster of a decision btw (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
makin venture, it wis a total disaster: we spent aw day Good Friday on page 138
she said, Ah'm a pure walkin disaster. on page 152
e this wis gaunnae be a total disaster, especially wi Bobby makin bl on page 169

3 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
a Tram Project. Wis that no a disaster waitin’ tae happen. An wha
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
mair nor a threit o financial disaster becam reality for newskesters
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the Trident test wis an utter disaster bit the facks were kept back, on page 55
and - it wuid be a political disaster that cuid bring back the Trou on page 144

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a shair an certain recipe fer disaster. He went ncht aff his heid an on page 42
dollars an this wis a bit o a disaster. Whit was jist as bad wis it on page 48

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ccoonts the Reformation wis a disaster for Scots cultur. Houiver, it
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
reached fir his Efter Shave, disaster followed almost immediately!
This national disaster,
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
n through life fae wan bloody disaster tae the next. Look at it!' ah on page 8

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
me outta trouble, excuses her disaster of a son's selfishness. She w on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It wisnae a complete disaster fur him, as his granny eventu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n through life fae wan bloody disaster tae the next. Look at it!’
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Setterday nicht: the Ramstein disaster. It seems that thrie jet-plan on page 36

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ietal drift, an livin through disaster. Ah dout it maun soond kind o on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ler, and that really wid be a disaster, wid it no? Ma fudge wid be t on page 89

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
y, whit is produced wull be a disaster, a lauchin-stock, sumthing th
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
O, Trump gettin #COVID19 is a disaster. Wi his luck, he's unlikely t(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
people up tae this unfolding disaster. Her control-freakery is dest (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
it the Snoot, a recipie fur disaster i maist instancies. A wur tel
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
yir a mental disaster. on page 103

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
There was a film made of the disaster. I mind my uncle Bert taking (2020)

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