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The word 'vennel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vennelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 vennel in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n at lenth she won awa doun a vennel atween the white cot hooses,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Tenement” tae yin o the new Vennel flats in Lithgie High Street
1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
A vennel shauchles up as frae the pit.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
come across this dive doun a vennel in a wee toun in Italy at the on page 136

3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
disturbit somebody lyin in a vennel. At first Bill thocht it wis
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
roun the corner tae the next vennel afore he won back til his sen on page 140

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
in the gairden an oot on the vennel causey A juist played ma lain on page 22

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e disappearit intae the daurk vennel fir Bridie's weem. Ah peltit on page 14

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
unnel they fleed ... past the vennel that led tae Boonce's Muckle on page 72

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
oe drove his motor doon a wee vennel lined wi hooses biggit o fauc on page 19

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - No Faur Frae Babel, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
up the vennel, past the 'Victoria Inn' on page 84

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, semmit, thole and thrapple, vennel, wheen – aw as guid Scots a
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
'Il whistle dixie doon the Vennel on page 77

1 matches

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