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The word 'demandit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
demanditOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.64512
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 2
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh 167.4 27 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 demandit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s ess your idea o a joke?" he demandit, is neck an lugs turnin purpl on page 10
"Jist tell ma," demandit Dottie. "Spit it oot!" on page 22

2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
n the hatred. He took charge, demandit that Cyaard leave the toon an on page 118

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Go ma messages," Eurystheus demandit and Hercules went tae the sho on page 5

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
n diplomatic detail, the Pope demandit the release o John Comyn, kin
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Fess me a kerr,” shae demandit. “A’m gaun til Embro.”
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wha, like a god, demandit sweit an tears, on page 27

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
shman took a fancy tae it. He demandit that William hand it ower as on page 23
en a yung man, a tall fella?' demandit the lead sodger, ignorin the on page 24
a ward wi the gangers an they demandit triple time an a bonus as dan on page 58
'Whit happent?' she demandit. on page 61
'Whit is it?' he demandit. on page 98
Also on pages 105
6 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“A friend of Beatrice?” demandit her granfaither.
u know how to use this?” he demandit, as she pit it on.
with a crashed plane?” Bill demandit. “Probably keep chickens in
thing like this?” Surinder demandit, likewise for the twintieth t
eil is gaun on? Wha be ye?” demandit yin o the men, pyntin a shotg
27 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Gie us a story!" demandit the Mairch Maukin. on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
bilities. Thir wis words that demandit tae be pree'd an read alood. on page 58

1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
political pressures hae aften demandit that Scots be dauntened in fa
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the tither, is circumstances demandit, completely frei frae onie Sc
1 matches

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