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venture Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 6.2 12.1 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2212 8 0 0 1 1
Number of authors19 11 6 1 1

Occurrences of venture in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
place that dreams micht venture intae, a floatin, eerie space on page 11

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'd been weel disposed tae the venture, for Colonel, nou General, Lo on page 79

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
To venture forth to heaven (or hell), He on page 3
I've seen ye venture furth ootby the street, on page 32

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
that the Vigil wis a Jacobite venture. He soon saw the error o his on page 105

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r mine an Yvonne's cake-makin venture, it wis a total disaster: we on page 138

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
A sum undone. A venture's end. on page 18

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
s an a Clementine an haen tae venture oot as far is Lexwell fur eve
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
holiday tae Jamaica an dinnae venture beyond the chain fence o the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
me cover. Noo A wis here, the venture didnae seem sae glorious. Gle
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
in Panama, kent as the Darien venture. Hooanever, whit got the birs
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ShareYourDinner Wait till you venture intae Spain ??. Back here you(2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
, ye likely winna be able tae venture oot o the capital city. But, on page 11

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"An who is Dinah, if A micht venture till ask e question?" sade e on page 29
richt-han bit again, an didna venture till go near e hoose till she on page 52

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
act revenge for the fruitless venture.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
elebrity masterchef bonnet an venture inta the kitchie an mak a fas(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
@RebelDread Would love you to venture north tae Scotland ?? (2021) twitter link
y and diligently starting tae venture oot for a socially distanced (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@FinHall I cud venture tae the Crown n Anchor bit ma(2017) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
An whae is Dinah, if Ah might venture tae ask th queestion?" said t on page 30

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
cht-haun bit agane, an didnae venture near the hoose tae shae had b on page 54

1 matches

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