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chaunce Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 15.2 13.5 0 0 20.7 35.4
Number of occurrences4930 9 0 0 2 8
Number of authors21 14 3 1 3

Occurrences of chaunce in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the chaunce tae snauchle proodly by yer s on page 17

1 matches

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
frae records, films, ither chaunce encoonters. on page 56

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eel men forbye, aa takin thir chaunce unner a blue lift. Oan the Ma on page 14

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
And richt awa she got her chaunce, on page 6
Giein hauf a chaunce, I'd hae a trial on page 29

2 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ye arrived here bi chaunce, on page 202

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ixt week. Ye hae as muckle as chaunce as onybody else.' on page 25
that nae maitter hoo wee the chaunce micht be o findin a ticket, t on page 33
ittie. 'We hae absolutely nae chaunce, ye ken that, eh?' on page 43
d Mr Wonka, 'there's ayewis a chaunce that they've decidit no tae l on page 129
that wid gie onythin for the chaunce tae cam in and tak ower fae m on page 171

11 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
sumthin else. Yet if gien the chaunce tae chainge they'd maist like on page 103

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
they tak their chaunce on page 43

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Did they meet juist bi chaunce, on page 10

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
oot wha wid hae lowped at the chaunce tae mairry him. Hooever, he c on page 82
fae a grumphieman. Ye had yer chaunce. There is nae wey I wull mair on page 93

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
is beauty. Ah hae a chaunce on page 41

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
That he wis ne'er oaffirt the chaunce o a substantive clekkin in hi on page 133

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Fowerth, as chaunce allous we'll leuk closser at on page 4

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Here ir twa fowk wi nae chaunce o becomin career poets. Naeth on page 91

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
s o’ time). Well, it wis by chaunce ah met up with Katy, as ah wi
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ad either o the men hiv had a chaunce tae warn thaim?
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
air interesting topic - onie chaunce ye cid gies a wheen o sources(2018) search twitter

Doric

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
r bed sheet.This wis ma first chaunce tae show I haed some harns an on page 6

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
or being bilingual an win the chaunce tae develop these skills in t
s o engagin wi Doric an get a chaunce tae larn tae spik it, giein t
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
k time at the fairm an a guid chaunce tae kill aff the furry vratch
e. The nicht, she wad hae tae chaunce the beasties, she wis ower we
een, the grieve wis wytin his chaunce till Steenhillock deed o the
twa days tae rest. Gie her a chaunce tae cam roon hersel. If she's
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he same shore, there wis less chaunce it wad sail awa tae unkent wa
Advances in hygiene meant nae chaunce o contamination, sae transpla
2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
afore iver she haed haen the chaunce o readin them, an haes gien o on page 5

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
bi chaunce, Ah meet a frein on his road, on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Smert-erses gied oor team nae chaunce on page 41

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n; an ithers haes gien up tha chaunce o merriage acause o tha Kïng on page 9
ma follaers. Thïs'll be yer chaunce tae wutness tae yin an aa. Sa on page 105

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
o Ulster Scotch tourism: ony chaunce ye could name check a wheen o (2015) twitter link
legs, an sair lugs forby. Ony chaunce o a perscription noo we hae s (2015) twitter link
@malachypoet @RTEPoetry Ony chaunce ye could gie us thon in #Ulst (2015) twitter link
till ait Scotch folk gien the chaunce? http://t.co/v71FCnWD1U (2015) twitter link
teHollandSF @britswhotwit Ony chaunce ye could gie us thon in #Ulst (2015) twitter link

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