A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

demand Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.8 23 1.5 9.9 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5145 1 1 2 1 1
Number of authors35 29 1 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of demand in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
' cried Tam. 'It's no fair; A demand tae see the manager.' on page 48

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'I demand a doin,' I shout as they slam on page 1

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
My God wudnae demand I obey on page 66

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
We noo demand justice fur aw those lit you on page 23

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"How dae yae ken?" ah demand tae ken. "Ah oanly foond oot on page 64
"You did this?" ah demand tae ken. Gesturin taewards th on page 146

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
, domestic an industrial. The demand wis sic that there were haill on page 36

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
plum S-bends, they're aye in demand on page 99

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
d will continue tae meet this demand for professional lairnin in w on page 7

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ciples o honesty and humanity demand thon o us. on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
"...GROS found no particular demand from public bodies for inform on page 121

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
2.1.1 Aye uphaud, whaur demand is sufficient, Gaelic-medium
provide X-medium education on demand for aw community leids as is
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
1560 environs there wisna the demand for skeely sangsters an polyp
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fishin grun efter Brexit. The demand is pairt o the negotiation gu
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e it. It’s awready started. Demand will dictate supply, it’s i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
onsid'rit, tae be fair an nae demand.
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Hiz lungs demand sum respite. He closes hiz mo
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
but southern throne, was his demand,
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
me in ma life ah wis truly in demand.
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
viously wernae owrewhummlt wi demand!
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Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
an demand mair licht
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ppin bluid tae the elbas, tae demand watter, het if possible. She
determint tae be fit for ilka demand the neist day.
Her demand for his attention stoppit him
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e o the Aye muivement wis the demand for local representation. Thi
There is a demand for greater representation i
Glesca clearly shows there is demand for entertainment expressed,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
snae in Scots cause there nae demand for it an onywey, Scots speak
Big up a demand bi speirin a copy for yersel.
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
her contexts, hooivver, micht demand a mair idiomatic owersettin n
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
be well within ma rights tae demand that the cunt pulls oor, fast
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah relent tae his discreet demand and swiftly whip the telly re
that wee cunt Gretna Thunberg demand a big Mac and fries. And it
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
Low demand for oil! I'm away tae ma bed. (2022) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
lloway is in nae position tae demand oanyhing! Get us oot soon ple(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
heSNP @SSalyers2 She's didnae demand a s30 fer years, and hid behi (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
eed tae dae sumthin aboot it, demand the number lik the devolvit g (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
ow Gove is saying ye canny! I demand another vote. Stamps feet! (2021) twitter link
ow Gove is saying ye canny! I demand another vote. Stamps feet! (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
monstrate that there's enough demand afore they'll consider facili (2020) twitter link
ly! Ye can listen tae this on demand noo #Scots https://t.co/nQQ15 (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
MUM exposure - and of course demand an explanation and apology - (2020) twitter link
6 or head for parliament and demand a drink lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
here's expected to be a large demand and places will be limited.'" on page 6

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
e Good skills to have. Aye in demand (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
an also tae see if der enough demand.

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
y! But noo da paet is back in demand an fokk ir maakin for da paet
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Demand a corpse fresh deid on page 41

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
mmitted the neir 30 yeir auld demand tae recognise Ulster-Scots es on page 58

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