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Use in varieties of Scots

insist Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 4 4.4 0 0 0 3.9
Number of occurrences128 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of insist in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
his idleness... he wad merely insist that he wis a mon's mon. on page 1

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
, Ireland and Britain, he wad insist: on page 65

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
he hoof aareadies. I'd hae ti insist on him comin back in the caur on page 76

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
en leed tae, the mair we will insist on takkin back control o oor on page 62

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
lik an Arab saundshoe, dae ye insist oan on page 114

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ye will set up your jaws and insist on the highest wages, and the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the Pandit’s ee. “If you insist on going ahead with this move
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ker Why dae fowk like Johnson insist oan raising an arm tae wave i(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ing Ah dinna ken fit wye they insist oan scutterin wi appintmints. on page 9
"Ah dinna ken fit wye folk insist oan gettin mairret in sic fun on page 18

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
A winter sark tae keep warm I insist,
1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
eam @Danny_McMoomins I'll no "insist": hooaniver, blethers in thon (2014) twitter link