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McPartlin, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,929
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 2,235
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.205
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, a, tae, his, oan, in, fur, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (330 words)
Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (305 words)
Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems
Lallans Magazine (2012 ) in Central (Dollar) dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (858 words)
Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden
Lallans Magazine (2010-07) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (295 words)

Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (106 words)

Lallans 73 - Wrack
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (169 words)
Lallans 68 - Black Staff
Lallans Magazine (2006-02-01 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (2,632 words)
Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel
Lallans Magazine (2005-03-01 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (234 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
oan57 11,564.21139.968
thomas12 2,434.57100.015
weir16 3,246.0996.749
staff9 1,825.9353.600
and2 405.7650.832
fur44 8,926.7646.343
it15 3,043.2146.136
on2 405.7645.747
provost6 1,217.2945.253
flesh8 1,623.0539.384
strand5 1,014.4038.480
wrack5 1,014.4037.347
which16 3,246.0937.323
s7 1,420.1737.087
bi25 5,072.0235.121
his64 12,984.3833.804
she3 608.6432.192
god's4 811.5230.546
stained4 811.5227.664
baillie4 811.5226.901
black10 2,028.8126.279
frae29 5,883.5526.077
saints3 608.6425.436
ramsay's3 608.6425.436
spittle3 608.6423.858
lowe5 1,014.4023.269
aneath5 1,014.4022.793
skailed4 811.5222.172
damned4 811.5221.426
below4 811.5221.426
scots2 405.7621.149
city6 1,217.2920.750
andra4 811.5220.747
chain4 811.5220.747
raip3 608.6419.996
ness3 608.6419.996
bane4 811.5219.831
straw3 608.6419.332
excep3 608.6418.737
ayont6 1,217.2918.709
trembled2 405.7617.622
chaff2 405.7617.622
weir's12 2,434.57nan
wracked2 405.7617.622
clover2 405.7617.622
deave2 405.7617.622
quayside2 405.7617.622
swithered2 405.7617.622
glintin2 405.7617.622
screeds2 405.7617.622
haudan2 405.7617.622
whill2 405.7617.622
offend2 405.7617.622
funnels2 405.7617.622
weirdly2 405.7617.622
satan2 405.7617.622
satyrs2 405.7617.622
wummen2 405.7617.622
deid8 1,623.0517.149
burnin4 811.5216.434
cracklin2 405.7615.905
erd2 405.7615.905
cobbles2 405.7615.905
israel2 405.7615.905
witchcraft2 405.7615.905
ship's2 405.7615.905
waas4 811.5215.743
fae2 405.7615.669
ah'll4 811.5215.581
san3 608.6415.093
links3 608.6415.093
beast4 811.5214.965
aince7 1,420.1714.765
convick2 405.7614.730
sooks2 405.7614.730
humphed2 405.7614.730
commander2 405.7614.730
scarlet2 405.7614.730
provost's2 405.7614.730
ash2 405.7614.730
seek4 811.5214.676
in46 9,332.5214.611
then16 3,246.0914.607
bow3 608.6414.525
white7 1,420.1714.290
glaur3 608.6414.261
ayweys3 608.6414.261
howked2 405.7613.831
exile2 405.7613.831
heidless2 405.7613.831
riven2 405.7613.831
warlock3 608.6413.537
law5 1,014.4013.250
condemned2 405.7613.103
mesh2 405.7613.103
warld's2 405.7613.103
aa22 4,463.3812.925
wis27 5,477.7812.835
frichtsome2 405.7612.491
biddin2 405.7612.491
echoes2 405.7612.491
shouthers2 405.7612.491
humble2 405.7612.491
birled3 608.6412.325
fear5 1,014.4012.104
waukened2 405.7611.963
hush2 405.7611.963
bowed2 405.7611.963
skeel2 405.7611.963
nisi5 1,014.40nan
agin6 1,217.2911.880
wund3 608.6411.807
douce3 608.6411.807
raked2 405.7611.499
reekin2 405.7611.499
sailed2 405.7611.499
body's2 405.7611.499
thrawn3 608.6411.488
reek3 608.6411.488
ramsay3 608.6411.488
lik9 1,825.9311.291
yon9 1,825.9311.180
skull2 405.7611.085
caskie4 811.52nan
crushed2 405.7611.085
whae6 1,217.2910.946
heard8 1,623.0510.909
ye're4 811.5210.868
aboot4 811.5210.857
hielan2 405.7610.712
meltit2 405.7610.712
alow2 405.7610.712
tolbooth2 405.7610.712
satisfied2 405.7610.712
weavin2 405.7610.712
maun9 1,825.9310.696
we7 1,420.1710.652
were15 3,043.2110.466
cleek2 405.7610.373
shadda2 405.7610.373
air7 1,420.1710.236
banes3 608.6410.129
perjink2 405.7610.061
cloak2 405.7610.061
whase3 608.6410.010
wheesht3 608.649.782
fort2 405.769.774
abune3 608.649.671
dirl2 405.769.507
inspiration2 405.769.507
a'4 811.529.499
trig2 405.769.258
firth2 405.769.258
skreich2 405.769.258
thir8 1,623.059.208
a110 22,316.909.142
blink2 405.769.025
naewhere2 405.769.025
fend2 405.769.025
hae3 608.648.950
dream3 608.648.864
william4 811.528.827
cooried2 405.768.805
glass2 405.768.805
hung3 608.648.772
send3 608.648.772
banks3 608.648.681
peat2 405.768.598
lungs2 405.768.598
bees2 405.768.598
hunger2 405.768.598
sword2 405.768.598
sangs3 608.648.592
ah've3 608.648.592
oot9 1,825.938.451
ireland3 608.648.252
bog-cotton3 608.64nan
man's2 405.768.216
there4 811.528.154
sea5 1,014.408.144
secret3 608.648.090
eftir4 811.528.069
warst2 405.768.039
whispered2 405.768.039
gaird2 405.768.039
faithers2 405.767.710
bend2 405.767.710
heids4 811.527.677
maister3 608.647.564
comfort2 405.767.556
tongues2 405.767.556
sand2 405.767.409
blawn2 405.767.267
served2 405.767.131
drunk2 405.767.131
presence2 405.767.131
sleet2 405.767.131
purple2 405.767.000
stude2 405.767.000
back3 608.646.927
be13 2,637.456.829
daith3 608.646.781
wins2 405.766.752
wolf2 405.766.752
its13 2,637.456.684
ploy2 405.766.634
lowse2 405.766.634
het3 608.646.605
sang4 811.526.568
the330 66,950.706.547
that32 6,492.196.483
tide2 405.766.411
cock2 405.766.411
an154 31,243.666.377
walcome2 405.766.304
trade2 405.766.304
had14 2,840.336.292
beauty2 405.766.201
blast2 405.766.201
them2 405.766.104
visit2 405.766.101
grass2 405.766.101
braes2 405.766.003
close4 811.525.953
grund3 608.645.914
laird3 608.645.914
words5 1,014.405.830
o'5 1,014.405.830
shame2 405.765.817
thranged3 608.64nan
ah'd2 405.765.817
roads2 405.765.817
waves2 405.765.817
screen2 405.765.728
madlove3 608.64nan
ye'll3 608.645.675
held4 811.525.656
texts2 405.765.641
cauld6 1,217.295.588
madlove's3 608.64nan
haar2 405.765.556
here's2 405.765.556
yella2 405.765.474
nihil3 608.64nan
dowie2 405.765.393
snaw2 405.765.393
sic7 1,420.175.382
ay2 405.765.368
wa2 405.765.315
major2 405.765.315
chiel3 608.645.278
monongahela2 405.76nan
bluid3 608.645.363
ye've2 405.765.238
time3 608.645.183
lan2 405.765.163
sets2 405.765.019
weird2 405.764.949
at20 4,057.624.894
pouer2 405.764.881
hearin2 405.764.881
prood2 405.764.685
stane3 608.644.657
food2 405.764.622
within2 405.764.622
wuid3 608.644.621
wind3 608.644.586
pages2 405.764.561
april2 405.764.561
leaves2 405.764.561
gowd2 405.764.561
grace2 405.764.442
rose2 405.764.384
flee2 405.764.384
twa2 405.764.360
some13 2,637.454.347
west2 405.764.327
picked2 405.764.217
silence2 405.764.217
whaur8 1,623.054.171
empty2 405.764.163
flotsam2 405.76nan
dreich2 405.764.163
siller4 811.524.079
chairge2 405.764.059
they11 2,231.693.980
bocht2 405.763.910
waa2 405.763.910
to2 405.763.874
irish2 405.763.862
up11 2,231.693.853
as20 4,057.623.777
silversauns2 405.76nan
hert4 811.523.758
fillet2 405.76nan
bring3 608.643.799
aff12 2,434.573.754
jaloused2 405.763.722
burn3 608.643.634
busy2 405.763.633
nou5 1,014.403.632
o121 24,548.593.624
slabtoun2 405.76nan
pittsburgh2 405.76nan
cannae5 1,014.403.616
damask2 405.76nan
been4 811.523.594
feet4 811.523.520
wi26 5,274.903.485
neck2 405.763.463
sair4 811.523.444
dae2 405.763.425
pig2 405.763.422
touch2 405.763.382
mairch2 405.763.342
alane2 405.763.342
saft2 405.763.342
nicht8 1,623.053.336
tears2 405.763.303
no7 1,420.173.298
orra2 405.763.227
weel2 405.763.178
until3 608.643.161
stairs2 405.763.153
laid2 405.763.153
when10 2,028.813.147
unpattrened2 405.76nan
whit's2 405.763.504
office2 405.763.080
her17 3,448.983.071
flauntin2 405.76nan
sae13 2,637.453.002
played2 405.762.976
lord2 405.762.976
efter2 405.762.959
peat-hags2 405.76nan
feed2 405.762.876
couldnae3 608.642.855
hauns3 608.642.834
ower17 3,448.982.811
pick2 405.762.749
ah21 4,260.502.737
hoose8 1,623.052.698
an'4 811.522.673
so2 405.762.639
earth2 405.762.628
lang9 1,825.932.600
ae4 811.522.583
is22 4,463.382.581
horse2 405.762.570
turnkey2 405.76nan
ice2 405.762.486
thurible2 405.76nan
man9 1,825.932.592
still7 1,420.172.483
guid2 405.762.470
mile2 405.762.431
though4 811.522.403
watter4 811.522.337
him8 1,623.052.276
nae20 4,057.622.259
wud2 405.762.202
banefed2 405.76nan
pure2 405.762.458
warld4 811.522.195
flair2 405.762.178
eat2 405.762.178
patullo2 405.76nan
lurch2 405.76nan
meant2 405.762.154
sleep2 405.762.107
us3 608.642.090
rain4 811.522.013
bonspiel2 405.76nan
glut2 405.76nan
greenside2 405.76nan
fell3 608.642.038
here9 1,825.931.953
thochts2 405.761.931
wheeshed2 405.76nan
there's2 405.761.931
dirk-kaimed2 405.76nan
hawksbeard2 405.76nan
he'd2 405.761.889
answer2 405.761.889
me11 2,231.691.885
wumman3 608.641.809
our2 405.761.808
could7 1,420.171.776
near4 811.521.759
open3 608.641.756
ye20 4,057.621.753
awa3 608.641.713
cooncil2 405.761.712
reid2 405.761.712
papists2 405.76nan
saw4 811.521.687
stood2 405.761.657
pleesures2 405.76nan
first2 405.761.722
sky2 405.761.603
fa3 608.641.590
love2 405.761.586
afore9 1,825.931.577
gallowlie2 405.76nan
bowhead2 405.76nan
must2 405.761.551
pit2 405.761.537
kept2 405.761.501
dee3 608.641.495
deep2 405.761.468
haud3 608.641.450
doon7 1,420.171.430
of4 811.521.428
een6 1,217.291.403
lift2 405.761.314
tea2 405.761.314
done2 405.761.300
giein2 405.761.257
god2 405.761.229
drumskin2 405.76nan
cut2 405.761.374
sister2 405.761.229
gied4 811.521.205
history2 405.761.123
likes2 405.761.110
than3 608.641.083
why2 405.761.048
least2 405.761.012
if5 1,014.400.964
word2 405.760.955
sent2 405.760.944
ken4 811.520.896
micht2 405.760.870
through4 811.520.845
inside2 405.760.838
fowk5 1,014.400.834
yersel2 405.760.828
he37 7,506.590.818
day7 1,420.170.779
made2 405.760.774
ilka3 608.640.755
green2 405.760.733
last4 811.520.723
can10 2,028.810.720
intae11 2,231.690.708
foredaw2 405.76nan
takin2 405.760.922
gruel2 405.76nan
end3 608.640.714
door2 405.760.678
bein2 405.760.655
days4 811.520.644
whiles2 405.760.638
wey3 608.640.631
like16 3,246.090.628
syne2 405.760.610
seen2 405.760.606
nor2 405.760.606
speak2 405.760.553
oor9 1,825.930.497
flycloud2 405.76nan
anither2 405.760.569
see6 1,217.290.496
yer11 2,231.690.495
wha4 811.520.495
ma25 5,072.020.483
faither3 608.640.477
say3 608.640.475
dominus2 405.76nan
mind5 1,014.400.470
ither4 811.520.454
road3 608.640.447
this16 3,246.090.446
ben2 405.760.444
muckle3 608.640.426
wrang2 405.760.425
matsuo2 405.76nan
thocht3 608.640.424
are8 1,623.050.420
bairn2 405.760.407
tell2 405.760.387
best3 608.640.387
new5 1,014.400.375
government2 405.760.340
yet2 405.760.335
hard2 405.760.304
baith2 405.760.297
but17 3,448.980.292
win3 608.640.291
heid6 1,217.290.265
or18 3,651.860.246
tak5 1,014.400.245
overseer2 405.76nan
fire2 405.760.361
great2 405.760.241
braw2 405.760.233
mak3 608.640.182
that's2 405.760.166
gin3 608.640.160
come5 1,014.400.158
aye8 1,623.050.155
you8 1,623.050.153
place2 405.760.145
body2 405.760.131
ain6 1,217.290.128
fan2 405.760.126
ane4 811.520.121
mcmahon2 405.76nan
mair9 1,825.930.119
girsle2 405.76nan
face2 405.760.109
coorse2 405.760.097
three2 405.760.096
said6 1,217.290.078
scourger2 405.76nan
comin2 405.760.074
wid6 1,217.290.073
their9 1,825.930.048
whan5 1,014.400.044
set2 405.760.040
men2 405.760.039
doubtfu2 405.76nan
gairden2 405.760.944
hear2 405.760.035
auld7 1,420.170.030
atween2 405.760.028
wark2 405.760.024
tae104 21,099.610.019
taen2 405.760.014
mcgill2 405.76nan
gang2 405.760.014
dinnae2 405.760.012
will4 811.520.009
while2 405.760.008
whit11 2,231.690.007
it's4 811.520.006
primped2 405.76nan
never2 405.760.004
juist4 811.520.002
doun2 405.760.000
noo8 1,623.050.000
hame4 811.520.000