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The word 'insistit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
insistitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62011
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 insistit 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oder an pint an the claes she insistit oan weerin wid hiv bin better on page 79

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tinkin incense dirt aat Joyce insistit on burnin it hame. He stoppit on page 12
"Ah winna wiry," insistit Donald. "Seein as Ah winna be on page 38

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Nila, na, missus," insistit Dottie. "You tell me fit ye'r on page 22
"Ay, bit nacthin," Ah insistit. "Bit iv ye'r at wirried, ye on page 32
ink it wis queer kine fin she insistit oan takkin yon gweed-leukin ' on page 35

3 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
n somethin o a maternal bent, insistit Bert dae somethin tae repay h on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
s o his ain private whisky an insistit that Auld Wullie pey the fowe on page 26

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
His mither ay insistit that he daednae hae a faither on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Oh, mak it me, please!' ah insistit. 'Nevvir!' he says, 'Ah widna on page 125

1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
an ithers insistit, naw it wis nuthin but a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
till the same auld Tam, an he insistit on bringin Wullie intae thing on page 67

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
less than a shullin, an they insistit on me goin wi them. At first on page 136

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Thomas insistit: "The Law cannae bend!" on page 112

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
es. The reid-heidit man, Tad, insistit that Beatrice tak his sheepsk
. He leukit gey tired, bit he insistit
dna discuss it nae furder, an insistit that his faither say naethin
ur the better man - in fack, insistit
4 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'They look roond,' insistit Mr Wonka. on page 122

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He aye insistit on pickin them himsel. Ither on page 59

1 matches

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