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The word 'launch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
launchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 7
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of launch in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
ffin and it's forum meltdown, launch(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"It's Fenella's launch," Ah said. "She's an artist w on page 28

1 matches

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ostello @byrnesong Maybe jist launch it oot the winda then? ??(2020)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
glunch, inch, Inchmakenneth, launch, pinch, pinchneb, staunch, wi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The launch o the abuin document is expec
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
twa groups, tae go on tae the launch pad hingy. A wis in the secon
Ma group went up tae the launch pad - it wis really high up.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Launch o the Luath Scots-Language Le
y, the time wis noo richt tae launch the projeck. Alang wi her col
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
py as fuck. As he's aboot tae launch intae Ah've Goat You Under Ma on page 25

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
stoap fir a second or two, an launch, with perfect rehearsed tight on page 3

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ow at his baws. So ah dae. Ah launch the tangerine at full pelt to on page 175

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
listen tae her. Back hame ye launch yer empties intae the first g
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
is, but when the Queen Mary's launch day came at John Broon's ship on page 75

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Cross Pairty Group howps tae launch its report, ‘Scots: A State
the Isles”—a collogue tae launch the
theatre an a timetable tae launch.
3 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
haes also seen the Edinburgh launch o the new book frae Grace Ban
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
upported DESPERATE TIMES buik launch

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
s Ah bless ye x we had a braw launch day at Moat Brae.(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
s Laurence Fox announcing the launch o a new political pairty.(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
. @ScotsDictionars launch their new #Scots Dictionary f (2021) twitter link
r bairns, alang tae yin o the launch events fir 'Nip Nebs and the (2019) twitter link
e you an @RDMScone at oor map launch! #Scots https://t.co/fxlV3Lnw (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
Ah wis trickit tae attend its launch. Whit a legacy tae lea us aa (2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
t under wraps for a proper PR launch. No! Wasnae me! ??(2020)