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The word 'throttle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
throttleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91310
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of throttle in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The clutch, the brake, the throttle and, of coorse, the steereen on page 7
I pressed doon on the throttle at the same time as the brake on page 8

2 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
An he'll throttle you queek wae yir aown shoe-l on page 89

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
t near the fence I pushed the throttle lever the wrong wiy and inste on page 128

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
aye say's "Bit shut doon thi throttle a bit so we dinna catch up." on page 11
incident. So a shut doon thi throttle an teen er oot a gear, Scramm on page 17
eis aye geid thi boatie mair throttle, tae reech wer mark, a felt a on page 61

3 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
lpit. The meenister’s in fu throttle the day, he thocht. Nae that
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
and the desire tae throttle his thrapple
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
like ma laddie - blipped the throttle at the wrang time - aye a st (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
their gobs, Puir Cath they'd throttle, on page 32

1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Raither throttle a thrapple on page 82

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
An throttle, rev an thrust and how! on page 48

1 matches

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