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Benzie, Lesley

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,504
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,706
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.64
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, tae, a, in, their, as, ye, for,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (188 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (139 words)
Fessen Reared
Seahorse (2020-04-30 ) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (4,177 words)

Author word Keyness frequencies

This should list the words that the author uses in a disproportionate manner more often than other writers in the corpus. This may include (a) proper nouns (character names in the author's stories), (b) other words related to the specific subject matter and (c) words specific to the regional dialect.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
their56 12,433.39125.631
joan8 1,776.2071.937
yer42 9,325.0470.422
twaa6 1,332.1551.956
hiv18 3,996.4550.956
o164 36,412.0845.484
i2 444.0539.254
fan14 3,108.3538.579
ye'd7 1,554.1737.382
and4 888.1036.180
aroon12 2,664.3036.092
auler4 888.1035.965
aa30 6,660.7533.364
while14 3,108.3530.805
blue10 2,220.2530.563
far14 3,108.3527.829
it20 4,440.5027.521
shadows4 888.1026.921
ah'm8 1,776.2026.039
reid8 1,776.2026.039
spit5 1,110.1226.034
country's3 666.0725.976
despite5 1,110.1225.739
wisdom4 888.1025.695
like33 7,326.8225.023
sea9 1,998.2224.884
hairt6 1,332.1524.004
ye52 11,545.2923.925
warld11 2,442.2723.700
across8 1,776.2022.330
fitiver4 888.1021.451
bush4 888.1021.132
spik6 1,332.1520.684
fa9 1,998.2220.548
green8 1,776.2020.078
life13 2,886.3220.001
as53 11,767.3218.777
for50 11,101.2418.758
vast3 666.0718.730
a86 19,094.1418.673
mornins3 666.0718.235
azure2 444.0517.982
broucht2 444.0517.982
crayons2 444.0517.982
crammed2 444.0517.982
awkwardness2 444.0517.982
amidst2 444.0517.982
wide5 1,110.1217.845
only11 2,442.2717.734
there's6 1,332.1517.320
lips4 888.1016.943
wis21 4,662.5216.854
een13 2,886.3216.505
soaked2 444.0516.264
denies2 444.0516.264
perfection2 444.0516.264
soucht2 444.0516.264
sculpted2 444.0516.264
fortunes2 444.0516.264
sky6 1,332.1515.952
women3 666.0715.927
fae29 6,438.7215.761
fires3 666.0715.619
lap3 666.0715.619
licht8 1,776.2015.519
slums2 444.0515.088
volcanic2 444.0515.088
peripheral2 444.0515.088
cuppie2 444.0515.088
didn't2 444.0515.088
envy2 444.0515.088
it's13 2,886.3214.942
bleed3 666.0714.532
these8 1,776.2014.474
hardly4 888.1014.423
feminine2 444.0514.188
by19 4,218.4714.061
vision3 666.0713.836
polish3 666.0713.836
or3 666.0713.708
the322 71,492.0113.489
ilky2 444.0513.459
limits2 444.0513.459
aboon2 444.0513.459
faces4 888.1013.171
till9 1,998.2213.114
tens2 444.0512.846
portraits2 444.0512.846
soul3 666.0712.841
become4 888.1012.767
bang3 666.0712.662
glesga3 666.0712.662
closer3 666.0712.321
tips2 444.0512.318
worship2 444.0512.318
boulders2 444.0512.318
losin2 444.0512.318
fur2 444.0512.252
bit2 444.0512.116
slips2 444.0511.853
layers2 444.0511.853
faimily4 888.1011.851
return3 666.0711.846
sheen3 666.0711.697
through9 1,998.2211.540
shaped2 444.0511.439
edges2 444.0511.439
bitty2 444.0511.439
blond2 444.0511.439
drawn3 666.0711.138
dreel2 444.0511.065
cakes2 444.0511.065
sunset2 444.0511.065
brakkin2 444.0511.065
shade2 444.0510.725
blanket2 444.0510.725
decline2 444.0510.725
against4 888.1010.680
beyond3 666.0710.633
livin4 888.1010.539
violence2 444.0510.412
passin3 666.0710.283
loved3 666.0710.063
yalla3 666.079.956
flesh3 666.079.956
narra2 444.059.856
necessary2 444.059.856
straicht2 444.059.856
din2 444.059.856
offer3 666.079.852
country4 888.109.692
mither's2 444.059.606
habit2 444.059.606
pints2 444.059.372
decades2 444.059.372
tiny2 444.059.152
marks2 444.059.152
themselves2 444.059.152
poverty2 444.059.152
castin2 444.058.944
airms4 888.108.632
nivver5 1,110.128.610
fite3 666.078.577
tries2 444.058.561
golden2 444.058.561
purpose2 444.058.561
rock3 666.078.498
edge3 666.078.419
scent2 444.058.383
millions2 444.058.383
were13 2,886.328.245
facin2 444.058.214
black5 1,110.128.107
bones2 444.058.052
files2 444.057.897
has7 1,554.177.763
turnin3 666.077.633
boats2 444.057.606
though6 1,332.157.604
wye7 1,554.177.587
determined2 444.057.470
taxi2 444.057.470
benefit2 444.057.338
cast3 666.077.314
atween7 1,554.177.228
benefits2 444.057.211
late4 888.107.155
claim2 444.057.088
forth2 444.057.088
you2 444.057.005
butter2 444.056.970
movement2 444.056.970
global2 444.056.855
curtains2 444.056.855
affen2 444.056.855
an143 31,749.566.833
lines3 666.076.683
driver2 444.056.637
escape2 444.056.637
them15 3,330.376.613
too4 888.106.457
those3 666.076.373
spring3 666.076.373
flooer2 444.056.334
netter4 888.10nan
grew3 666.077.376
belly2 444.056.334
sun5 1,110.126.268
itsel4 888.106.189
waves2 444.056.146
almost2 444.056.146
yird3 666.076.083
already2 444.056.056
they've2 444.056.056
struck2 444.055.968
burnin2 444.055.968
ancient2 444.055.968
is16 3,552.405.921
humans2 444.055.883
haar2 444.055.883
quine3 666.075.812
notion2 444.055.799
island2 444.055.799
heughs3 666.07nan
cairryin2 444.055.799
yersel4 888.105.782
democracy2 444.055.718
aul2 444.055.718
train2 444.055.718
every4 888.105.664
reality2 444.055.561
born3 666.075.476
we9 1,998.225.335
instead2 444.055.269
freedom2 444.055.269
weather2 444.055.269
grey3 666.075.202
feels2 444.055.200
but9 1,998.225.182
fear3 666.075.165
white4 888.105.164
except2 444.055.132
square2 444.055.132
are12 2,664.305.115
oot10 2,220.255.111
tae119 26,420.965.047
within2 444.054.938
be13 2,886.324.887
catterline3 666.07nan
further2 444.055.066
loss2 444.054.876
bedroom2 444.054.876
generations2 444.054.815
cover2 444.054.755
four2 444.054.755
trees3 666.074.741
fleer2 444.054.696
arrived2 444.054.582
fowk2 444.054.553
silence2 444.054.527
turns3 666.074.482
dreich2 444.054.473
ireland2 444.054.419
information2 444.054.367
bob2 444.054.315
birds2 444.054.265
face6 1,332.154.123
oppressive2 444.05nan
whether2 444.054.639
winter3 666.073.986
again8 1,776.203.931
such2 444.053.889
glesga's2 444.05nan
quines2 444.054.582
urchins2 444.05nan
if13 2,886.324.289
ane9 1,998.223.816
sandwicht2 444.05nan
third2 444.053.802
neck2 444.053.760
watched2 444.053.718
upon2 444.053.718
began2 444.053.718
share2 444.053.677
fand2 444.053.677
wi45 9,991.123.545
get2 444.053.492
kill2 444.053.481
on38 8,436.943.459
city2 444.053.443
its10 2,220.253.366
people3 666.073.323
interest2 444.053.298
aiberdeen2 444.053.263
noo3 666.073.237
he's2 444.053.228
see3 666.073.161
much4 888.103.112
his35 7,770.873.088
decided2 444.053.030
aigg2 444.05nan
colour2 444.052.998
war7 1,554.172.981
flat2 444.052.967
himsel3 666.072.831
doon5 1,110.122.806
young4 888.102.786
bus2 444.052.703
ahin2 444.052.648
media2 444.052.595
joan's2 444.05nan
coastline2 444.05nan
oor11 2,442.272.656
up11 2,442.272.588
second2 444.052.568
maitter2 444.052.542
aboot8 1,776.202.507
we're2 444.052.417
iver2 444.052.392
sat3 666.072.381
dry3 666.072.365
smile2 444.052.345
gan2 444.052.321
rinnin2 444.052.321
mair5 1,110.122.304
she31 6,882.772.302
half2 444.052.298
seen6 1,332.152.253
athoot2 444.052.230
under2 444.052.185
land2 444.052.185
aifter2 444.052.164
there7 1,554.172.131
wind2 444.052.121
onybody2 444.052.100
some3 666.072.094
seein2 444.052.038
years4 888.102.001
kent6 1,332.151.980
then8 1,776.201.932
in82 18,206.041.907
world2 444.051.900
ain8 1,776.201.878
sorry2 444.051.862
eence2 444.051.844
bricht2 444.051.826
love2 444.051.826
felt3 666.071.805
money2 444.051.790
lost2 444.051.790
tongue2 444.051.790
which4 888.101.779
at22 4,884.551.774
deep2 444.051.702
even6 1,332.151.684
disnae2 444.051.636
ony6 1,332.151.623
now2 444.051.619
cut2 444.051.603
state2 444.051.556
high2 444.051.556
ready2 444.051.540
took3 666.071.527
tea2 444.051.525
sit2 444.051.525
that's3 666.071.485
god2 444.051.450
cam6 1,332.151.397
got2 444.051.396
air3 666.071.363
says5 1,110.121.342
broon2 444.051.258
ma25 5,550.621.257
afore8 1,776.201.249
intae11 2,442.271.238
could6 1,332.151.210
thegither3 666.071.195
sense2 444.051.170
caressin2 444.05nan
north2 444.051.170
this13 2,886.321.124
hauns2 444.051.088
me11 2,442.271.072
mony4 888.101.060
because2 444.051.043
twaa-year-aul2 444.05nan
kind2 444.051.055
good2 444.051.022
aye4 888.101.002
free2 444.051.000
ither3 666.070.956
time11 2,442.270.949
days4 888.100.917
mither4 888.100.912
hame2 444.050.883
same4 888.100.816
did2 444.050.799
nicht2 444.050.795
first6 1,332.150.779
still5 1,110.120.757
had4 888.100.756
sure2 444.050.754
auld4 888.100.747
ah-hin2 444.05nan
makkin2 444.050.720
think2 444.050.718
enough2 444.050.696
aff4 888.100.694
deid2 444.050.672
fell2 444.050.672
front2 444.050.672
fit3 666.070.668
foo2 444.050.665
micht2 444.050.605
man3 666.070.602
mak5 1,110.120.588
street2 444.050.570
day11 2,442.270.521
heid3 666.070.505
wife2 444.050.504
her20 4,440.500.437
words2 444.050.416
haud2 444.050.384
anither2 444.050.366
bed2 444.050.358
keep3 666.070.345
will5 1,110.120.324
really2 444.050.263
well2 444.050.259
fine2 444.050.255
he36 7,992.900.249
tell2 444.050.228
masel2 444.050.196
wad6 1,332.150.193
last3 666.070.188
made4 888.100.178
can8 1,776.200.168
roon3 666.070.134
sae8 1,776.200.126
tak3 666.070.115
whizzin2 444.05nan
ah25 5,550.620.146
ower9 1,998.220.113
they16 3,552.400.110
men2 444.050.101
him13 2,886.320.092
us5 1,110.120.091
rain2 444.050.078
awa6 1,332.150.072
left2 444.050.058
nae12 2,664.300.051
feel2 444.050.049
gie3 666.070.043
sic2 444.050.038
haun2 444.050.037
how2 444.050.037
wee10 2,220.250.035
mind3 666.070.029
hershness2 444.05nan
jist7 1,554.170.026
let2 444.050.026
to6 1,332.150.019
want2 444.050.011
been8 1,776.200.011
richt6 1,332.150.010
that45 9,991.120.008
back9 1,998.220.006
door3 666.070.004
bein3 666.070.002
hid6 1,332.150.002
say4 888.100.000
ravages2 444.05nan
eardley's2 444.05nan