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nerve Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 7.4 9.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2014 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 13 2

Occurrences of nerve in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ke cos a couldnae believe the nerve ae the prick. on page 194

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
atilda she said, 'You've some nerve talkin tae yer faither like t on page 19

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
feel yir nerve endins split. on page 37

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hole o the door. 'It's is the nerve centre o the haill factory, t on page 73

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Wee Laddie whenever ah'd the nerve tae say 'Aye' insteid o 'Yes' on page 28

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
. I dinnae ken how he had the nerve tae preach tae onybody on Sun on page 62

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t each other, and Maw hud the nerve tae tell me tae move away. Ch on page 46

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'm tellin ye, hae mair nerve, Jean. on page 29

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Tae limbs far nerve ends hae deid.
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
night like this, a act like a nerve-agent. Brain an boadily funct
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Peel Off Dreadin' - Nerve Shreadin',
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her haun the sacrit cord, the nerve that cairries the erotic sper
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@alistairdunn tweeted
imagine having the nerve tae complain about a player t(2014) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
SLFL @KeltyHeartsFC hut a raw nerve have aye lol - your priceles (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r let on an he nivver hid the nerve to tell her. on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
days afore, some sowl wi mair nerve nor sense had gaed haan ower
‘Ah’ll nae deny that taks nerve,’ Ah said. ‘But that kinn
ark that wad brak ony man’s nerve. It didna need a psychologist
Munro. ‘That’s nae test o nerve. Nivver fear, Tam, we’ll be
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Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
y 10 year, an you lot hiv the nerve tae bore in aboot."
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