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The word 'launched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
launchedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61813
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of launched in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
2015, the Scottish Government launched its Scots Leid Policy (http:/
Education Scotland launched their Scots Leid Policy in pa
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t three times on the fleer an launched inno a braw selection o reels
"Fan we launched the Quarry Quine thon day, Je
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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yer ain runwye as ye launched on page 50

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
SLD). The new body wis tae be launched at the Edinburgh City Chamber
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ment, which is to be formally launched in September.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ts buik is tae be offeecially launched in Buckie on the 9t. Septembe
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
erranean execration that they launched against us, eftir being sente on page 103

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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ots Joe hud gied me, each wan launched wae venom intae the back ay t
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ck so ah kin see, efter havin launched another haun fae ay chuckies
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@johnstone_shane tweeted
fillt his potty wi pish then launched eez toothbrush right in efter (2021) twitter link

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Da could make a ship that gat launched by King Bertie, then starrin on page 76

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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Scots tradition. The festival launched wi a tribute tae Martyn Benne
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@LairnScots tweeted
pilot for Scottish libraries launched - BBC News https://t.co/jgvh (2017) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Was launched a ship wha'es history reigns on page 32

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South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ly ever targetit bi bombs aye launched bi thon tae whae on page 77

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General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
e dae weel, but they hae just launched a Scots yin across the sheuch (2014) twitter link