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The word 'riot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
riotOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23425
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 4
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of riot in Corpus

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Orkney

Forkin, Ellen Sea o Dunder, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Amongst the dunder o riot
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wis an assault o smells an a riot o colour." on page 88

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
chair. Emotions were rinnin a riot in her mind and she felt her
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
..but mah big cuz (Ped) wis a riot...so we got up tae aw sorts e (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
act, mare like a hally racket riot
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I thocht, there'll be a riot in a mintie. on page 32

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
y. The kitchen wis in a richt riot. Dirty plates aa wye. Ma Ma u on page 41

1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@AngusMacNeilSNP She's a riot that one. Spends her days ran(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ats a pity.I've voted for Red Riot. All the best.(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
al imo - the virus is runnin riot - would a delay for a fortni (2020) twitter link
wae declan m8 ees were runnin riot a no a wis there n luvin it (2020) twitter link
raig - surprised theres no a riot! (2020) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
it kinna glaikit. She's got a riot o auburn curls and eyes as gr on page 102

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e an they wur always causin a riot. There wis Auld Billy an his on page 61
r then there would be a total riot. on page 78
come it's gaunnae be a right riot, he said, Ma big cousin's get on page 169

4 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ancid psychobabble Incite tae riot, bay fur blood Get it gaun an
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
een the scene o radicalism an riot aw thro the echteenth century on page 120
e aften the cause o uproar an riot. A contentious figure, she is on page 124

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cruives pitten up on burntoot riot zones. An in surprisinly mony
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
eek ahm gonnae cause a fuckin riot. on page 7
ny, we've caused right fuckin riot. It's class! on page 27

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
r been up the school causin a riot before? Fuck sakes!' Naebody on page 48

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
ls did try it, near stertit a riot, on page 29

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h kin. Tell big fuckin rent-a-riot in there tae take that hat af
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
le oan. The place is a bloody riot; ah mean, even mare than usua
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wis pronoonced locally - ran riot up front wi a wheen brekawa g on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wunner, throu the muckle race riot at dunnert ower
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
noo the wanes run riot roon his 'designer concept' on page 47

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
d Sister Hoose passed without riot.(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
fear the words micht start a riot. on page 22

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
at haed bin püt ïn jail for riot an murdèr. on page 109

1 matches

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