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Morning, Carey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,066
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 478
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.23
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, a, they, o, tae, aw, in, haggis, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Neeps and Tatties
self-published (2020 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (1,066 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
and63 59,099.44165.284
haggis10 9,380.8691.230
neeps10 9,380.8689.708
they31 29,080.6872.010
tattie9 8,442.7869.367
tatties8 7,504.6962.116
neep8 7,504.6960.844
wa7 6,566.6055.448
each9 8,442.7852.304
aw16 15,009.3831.810
steyed3 2,814.2625.506
sang5 4,690.4324.100
side6 5,628.5220.060
yin7 6,566.6019.095
then8 7,504.6917.854
were8 7,504.6916.466
shines2 1,876.1715.518
grew3 2,814.2615.463
roots2 1,876.1714.376
tale3 2,814.2614.284
groond2 1,876.1714.183
ye'll3 2,814.2614.065
girnin2 1,876.1713.046
hate2 1,876.1712.907
laughed2 1,876.1712.907
heids3 2,814.2612.485
herts2 1,876.1712.281
thegither4 3,752.3512.162
built2 1,876.1711.949
ainly2 1,876.1711.742
line3 2,814.2611.263
dinnae4 3,752.3511.196
doon9 8,442.7811.151
guid6 5,628.5210.501
they'd2 1,876.1710.062
sangs2 1,876.179.998
ither6 5,628.529.793
wide2 1,876.179.200
such2 1,876.179.149
cried3 2,814.268.861
cast2 1,876.178.720
their7 6,566.608.581
sun3 2,814.268.436
they're2 1,876.178.216
sing2 1,876.177.671
sleep2 1,876.177.319
widnae2 1,876.177.199
drink2 1,876.177.170
fear2 1,876.177.112
can6 5,628.526.896
haund2 1,876.176.809
made4 3,752.356.798
sae6 5,628.526.718
lugs2 1,876.176.680
tellt2 1,876.176.630
soond2 1,876.176.483
wi2 1,876.176.391
happened2 1,876.176.252
stert2 1,876.176.186
thae3 2,814.266.179
stertit2 1,876.175.912
chance2 1,876.175.892
across2 1,876.175.833
toon2 1,876.175.679
three3 2,814.265.415
same3 2,814.265.013
wan3 2,814.264.928
sat2 1,876.174.826
jist5 4,690.434.781
street2 1,876.174.632
open2 1,876.174.552
it6 5,628.524.345
wee6 5,628.524.343
tap2 1,876.174.313
haud2 1,876.174.241
but9 8,442.784.183
braw2 1,876.174.171
noo5 4,690.434.101
took2 1,876.174.014
he4 3,752.353.813
came2 1,876.173.705
hear2 1,876.173.418
end2 1,876.173.392
it's3 2,814.263.357
never2 1,876.173.120
your2 1,876.172.984
up8 7,504.692.947
look2 1,876.172.875
while2 1,876.172.785
ye10 9,380.862.606
wis6 5,628.522.587
is3 2,814.262.454
by4 3,752.352.401
through2 1,876.172.392
bairns2 1,876.172.375
as3 2,814.262.354
lang3 2,814.262.302
i3 2,814.262.202
in11 10,318.952.183
oot2 1,876.171.743
tae17 15,947.471.651
til2 1,876.171.587
the71 66,604.131.309
nicht2 1,876.171.154
did2 1,876.171.152
oor3 2,814.261.114
o27 25,328.331.113
tak2 1,876.171.099
could2 1,876.171.061
whit4 3,752.350.999
on9 8,442.780.826
his4 3,752.350.801
got2 1,876.170.800
wey2 1,876.170.785
that8 7,504.690.659
at5 4,690.430.542
yer3 2,814.260.532
when2 1,876.170.495
aboot2 1,876.170.492
a35 32,833.020.452
nae2 1,876.170.399
be4 3,752.350.383
dae2 1,876.170.358
fae4 3,752.350.330
ken2 1,876.170.279
like2 1,876.170.265
get2 1,876.170.226
there2 1,876.170.225
auld2 1,876.170.212
had2 1,876.170.210
hae2 1,876.170.104
or4 3,752.350.081
if2 1,876.170.079
them2 1,876.170.057
see2 1,876.170.047
no3 2,814.260.014
we4 3,752.350.011