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The word 'draconian'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
draconianOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.273
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 draconian in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s brocht fit the papers caad "Draconian penalties", wi the ill-doers
ts haein brocht in mony a gey Draconian meisur frae the Government, t
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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
its knees yesterday with your draconian measures - shame on you and (2020) twitter link
good on these guys m8 - the draconian rules around fitbaw the noo - (2020) twitter link
en up - the restrictions are draconian! https://t.co/w8DDapS4iw (2021) twitter link
ather today - forget the snp draconian rules and police interference (2021) twitter link

General Central

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ists haes cried the policy “draconian”, an claims that this autho
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