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The word 'venture'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ventureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92219
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 venture in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

North Northern B (Caithness)

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

Mid Northern A

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

Aberdeen

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

General Northern

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

@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)

(South) East Central

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

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

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

West Central

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

Dundee

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

Edinburgh

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

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

Glasgow

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

Ayrshire

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

General 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

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

South East (Borders)

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

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

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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