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Bryden, Hugh

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,674
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 877
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.909
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, ye, ah, in, an, yer, tae, o, mate,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,674 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
mate16 9,557.95114.814
yir12 7,168.4664.095
yer24 14,336.9257.900
paint6 3,584.2347.292
ye35 20,908.0043.333
art4 2,389.4930.684
ah32 19,115.8930.569
dumfries3 1,792.1126.420
van4 2,389.4921.507
misst2 1,194.7420.203
sublime2 1,194.7420.203
watcht2 1,194.7420.203
turner2 1,194.7420.203
metaphor2 1,194.7419.021
swirlin2 1,194.7419.021
whin5 2,986.8618.084
bairn's2 1,194.7417.382
wur7 4,181.6016.736
pint3 1,792.1116.442
ties2 1,194.7416.229
wuz2 1,194.7416.229
thit's2 1,194.7416.229
boab2 1,194.7414.960
airtists2 1,194.7414.615
balloon2 1,194.7414.615
louder2 1,194.7413.730
painted2 1,194.7413.475
jist10 5,973.7213.050
fags2 1,194.7413.009
voice4 2,389.4912.901
folks2 1,194.7412.594
hus3 1,792.1111.920
wir6 3,584.2311.906
chappin2 1,194.7411.877
fag2 1,194.7411.717
thum3 1,792.1111.641
vision2 1,194.7411.563
pure3 1,792.1111.377
drum2 1,194.7411.003
smile3 1,792.1110.655
gither2 1,194.7410.403
true3 1,792.1110.349
mental2 1,194.7410.293
ah'm3 1,792.119.902
faither's2 1,194.749.884
yous2 1,194.749.789
tae19 11,350.069.693
o18 10,752.699.676
wis6 3,584.239.560
thur3 1,792.119.350
soun2 1,194.749.344
burst2 1,194.749.344
late3 1,792.119.045
writers2 1,194.748.948
number2 1,194.748.456
thit4 2,389.498.233
sound2 1,194.748.141
kin4 2,389.497.806
faces2 1,194.747.742
faither4 2,389.497.676
mi2 1,194.747.532
she2 1,194.747.478
thin2 1,194.747.432
on3 1,792.117.199
breath2 1,194.746.884
hair3 1,792.116.761
rembrandt3 1,792.11nan
bare2 1,194.746.927
th2 1,194.746.640
still5 2,986.866.507
those2 1,194.746.339
press2 1,194.746.232
ma15 8,960.576.099
face4 2,389.496.076
wee9 5,376.345.998
show2 1,194.745.746
an28 16,726.405.735
born2 1,194.745.686
light2 1,194.745.686
could5 2,986.865.674
gan2 1,194.745.599
form2 1,194.745.458
airt2 1,194.745.323
must2 1,194.744.926
but13 7,765.834.913
hiv3 1,792.114.482
each2 1,194.744.355
that9 5,376.344.122
miss2 1,194.744.028
thir3 1,792.113.914
two2 1,194.743.910
inside2 1,194.743.877
at5 2,986.863.828
a63 37,634.413.758
think4 2,389.493.660
things3 1,792.113.611
aa7 4,181.603.607
it's4 2,389.493.559
lassie2 1,194.743.139
see6 3,584.233.025
noo6 3,584.232.966
thing3 1,792.112.952
or2 1,194.742.868
o'2 1,194.742.837
ee2 1,194.742.837
words2 1,194.742.837
felt2 1,194.742.816
thet2 1,194.74nan
great2 1,194.742.731
mean2 1,194.742.638
life3 1,792.112.551
we3 1,792.112.496
whit7 4,181.602.430
shug'2 1,194.74nan
coat's2 1,194.74nan
air2 1,194.742.419
an'2 1,194.742.391
man4 2,389.492.264
as6 3,584.232.027
rain2 1,194.741.984
thon3 1,792.111.879
feel2 1,194.741.863
heard2 1,194.741.856
were4 2,389.491.699
your2 1,194.741.673
he10 5,973.721.592
look2 1,194.741.582
oot4 2,389.491.562
bit2 1,194.741.542
while2 1,194.741.507
tho2 1,194.741.479
fur7 4,181.601.383
what2 1,194.741.243
through2 1,194.741.187
fellay2 1,194.74nan
just2 1,194.740.989
aye4 2,389.490.939
wan2 1,194.740.928
wi16 9,557.950.925
aboot3 1,792.110.907
it16 9,557.950.789
be6 3,584.230.780
fir2 1,194.740.728
thet's2 1,194.74nan
his7 4,181.600.738
tell2 1,194.740.725
back2 1,194.740.707
so3 1,792.110.686
fae3 1,792.110.670
no6 3,584.230.521
bi3 1,792.110.499
awa3 1,792.110.438
intae4 2,389.490.401
maist2 1,194.740.356
they5 2,986.860.356
up5 2,986.860.334
us3 1,792.110.322
in29 17,323.780.318
richt3 1,792.110.307
did2 1,194.740.304
hae3 1,792.110.231
hoose2 1,194.740.204
frae4 2,389.490.191
thocht2 1,194.740.185
pit2 1,194.740.178
oan3 1,792.110.174
say2 1,194.740.164
the101 60,334.530.135
saatchi2 1,194.74nan
and10 5,973.720.135
can2 1,194.740.133
nae4 2,389.490.128
there5 2,986.860.104
fowk3 1,792.110.098
if3 1,792.110.073
like5 2,986.860.071
him4 2,389.490.044
me6 3,584.230.044
is11 6,571.090.043
then2 1,194.740.037
hid2 1,194.740.033
ain2 1,194.740.033
day3 1,792.110.021
get2 1,194.740.019
wid2 1,194.740.017
ither2 1,194.740.009
you3 1,792.110.004
afore2 1,194.740.001
its2 1,194.740.001
time3 1,792.110.000