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The word 'demanded'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
demandedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3109
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 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 demanded in Corpus

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Foo auld are you noo Jamie?" demanded Jake. "Fifteen the day", said
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wis a war correspondent. She demanded that the next time there
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
goal he scored against Hibs, demanded I go intae Jimmy Wilson’s wi (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
r in the buildin. Courage was demanded. Pittin a face oan fur the we on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aird were proper men. Men who demanded respect. And by that ah'm no on page 87

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
h gaun tae get ma shower?' he demanded. on page 29

1 matches

Glasgow

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
sat doon when Jonny excitedly demanded, “Billy, open it!”
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
see how ye warked it oot,' he demanded. The dominie glowered, gurled on page 41

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e peace terms, ma faither had demanded that fowerteen Athenian lads
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
@bignormplease I demanded a recoont, an correctit the o(2020)

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