A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'controlled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
controlledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
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 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 controlled in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
ild daftness his geen wey tae controlled family ‘New Year’s Eve’
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in him near boak again but he controlled it by breathin through his mo
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
z scowlin at Jessie wi barely controlled anger. The Laird saw this and
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I divna ken if sumbiddy controlled ye on page 158

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
n the muckle contraption that controlled the wires,
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Haggerty I feel I need tae be controlled, definitely (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
erformances in Patois offer a controlled demolition of linguistic an c
bellion is reduced, packaged, controlled and sold. Limited use of Pato
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r elc was aways mostly labour controlled brian - was well looked afte (2021) twitter link

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ost felt mechanical. Robotic. Controlled. The wind wis silenced. The t
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
m it oot ae us when they yins controlled education in Scottish schools (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a controlled aggression, on page 94

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ist as the curtain came doon, controlled by a wumman wi gey short hair on page 134

1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Scots widnae stay so becalmed/controlled. Seems I wis wrang ??. (2022) twitter link

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