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The word 'disease'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
diseaseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.15030
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 7
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of disease in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Disease an genius, Gospel, brick. on page 20

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
eling! Lots of possibilities; disease, parasitization, pollution, i(2020)

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
me hit wis ower late, dat da disease had spread tae idder organs,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
heidlines again This mad coo disease his made abody fleyt An naebo on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
f, ..it wis efter yon Mad Cow disease." on page 32
, jist say ye've hid furnitir disease." on page 69

5 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
akkin hale farivver there wis disease or fowk were nae weel. They g on page 10
ty tae cass oot deils an cure disease. An he sent them oot tae prea on page 95
rthquaakes, an stairvation an disease aawye; there'll be fearfu sic on page 115

3 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
at soondit a bit like Mad Coo Disease. Plooks. Thunnerstorms. Locus
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an burst disease like on her door. The stink on page 43

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ation still tae contract this disease and ah ye hear is fowk whinin (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
r man Erchie hiz 'Alzheimer's Disease'; he daes naethin ither than on page 80

2 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
s oan thum, like they hud sum disease. on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
tin blade The swordsman's ain disease. on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e tae. Due tae some merciless disease that hus taken possession ae on page 30

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
But the remedies failed the disease.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Distemper (fell disease), or mange,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
gger risk o lung cancer, hert disease an a sindry variety o bairns'
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tape in Home Ec aboot mad cow disease an it's pit me aff meat fur l on page 85
vers an how they can get this disease thing called the bends that m on page 91

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Racism, Fascism, Cancer, disease, on page 36

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
wpin ti be haeled o hir bluid disease, an hinnerlie, the raisin o J on page 135

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's no a disease, eh cum an go as eh on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
there were different types o disease that got cried the plague, ba on page 96
ng eftir the aw clear fae the disease had been declared, that finge on page 97

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t thaim becomin a reservoir o disease
“We dinna wint nae maukit, disease-ridden fushlochs. Yer hale lo
nity to ... oh, some epidemic disease. So that probably evolved in
3 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
fae time tae time. But as her disease progressed her memory began t
d been cured o this incurable disease. Ah went tae the doctor strai
Her disease has caused awmaist complete i
m the one who has some sort o disease and everyone else is normal.
4 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
owthor canna richtly say whit disease it wis. She pents a pictur o on page 110

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
er has couped him like a fell disease. on page 52
Mankind's become His ain disease. on page 54

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
protectin the rid grouse fae disease; ticks an the like cairit by
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eebors hunger, drunkenness an disease, war juist a fact o life. Ma
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the problem, a symptom o the disease. Mibbie ye cannae blame Gregg
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
. Ah fuckin hate this bastard disease! ?? #MSsucks(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the disease spreids tae pets on page 25
sloosht disease on page 33

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
™d discovered a had Crohn’s Disease. When Laidlaw first said it a
1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
owre tim' laike mother neuron disease, at coont as haein a on page 8

1 matches

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