A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

insisted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9 3.2 0 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2417 2 0 4 0 1
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of insisted in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the three o ye,' Mr. MacNeil insisted. on page 43

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e nixt mornin. Justine alweys insisted we made an early start tae th on page 81
sure you wur awrite. But yae insisted ah spend the night." on page 82
ur ma ain piece ae mind ah've insisted oan takin Bruce tae his new d on page 160
throw awey camera in hand and insisted oan takin a picture ae the pa on page 187
s terrible patter and he even insisted oan dain the dishes. Jist his on page 198

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wis already his son-inlaw and insisted oan buyin him a drink. Da's w on page 10
ull o the baby pink tiles Maw insisted oan, and ah sat doon oan the on page 40
does hur hair, unlike Maw who insisted ah took hur tae the hairdress on page 45

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nae needcessity for it to be insisted on plain as policy. on page 72

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Monty doon tae see him but he insisted it wis you he wanted. Who um
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oma. Ah couldnae face it, and insisted oan huvin everything done at
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
waited till ah sais aye then insisted oan this, ah’m sorry Tracey
gear’s finished (McDade hud insisted oan victory lines, aw roon) s
2 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tae bake cakes an Mrs Quarry insisted that we kin ainlie hae the fi
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
d tae hide but his supporters insisted this wis the best way furrit.

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
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Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t an oor efter, anither chiel insisted, "Of coorse iss chiel maun ha on page 118

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ferm. His father aye insisted that they lowse a quarter a o
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hloe, "When they came back he insisted I drop everything, and put on on page 9
t. 'I ken Jeems loves me,' du insisted, "He hedd ta gying awa, fur h on page 33
"No! No!" he insisted, stampin on da Flat Rock, "I on page 54
"But I know what I feel," he insisted, a tone a desperation in his on page 55

4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nin doon yin shouler. She had insisted on wearin hir hair in the sam on page 1

1 matches

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