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Burnett, Mikey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,068
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 472
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.263
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, wis, ah, and, tae, it, a, me, ae, as,

List of texts in corpus

nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle
Association for Scottish Literature (2022-07-29 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,068 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
brooke5 4,681.6563.472
ah33 30,898.8855.625
crackle4 3,745.3247.463
and32 29,962.5546.803
ae16 14,981.2741.803
wis37 34,644.1939.183
yased3 2,808.9934.594
an4 3,745.3231.343
me18 16,853.9330.021
huddin3 2,808.9929.875
maire4 3,745.3229.376
what8 7,490.6428.891
nuttin3 2,808.9923.549
though6 5,617.9822.602
presenter2 1,872.6622.004
unexpected2 1,872.6619.179
daughter2 1,872.6618.025
laugh3 2,808.9916.437
suttin2 1,872.6616.086
honestly2 1,872.6616.086
musta2 1,872.6615.260
fitbaw2 1,872.6615.020
hud5 4,681.6514.922
sat4 3,745.3214.612
massel2 1,872.6614.182
dad3 2,808.9913.957
insteed2 1,872.6613.822
oan8 7,490.6413.743
before3 2,808.9913.036
puss2 1,872.6612.773
well4 3,745.3212.713
ah'm3 2,808.9912.444
soon3 2,808.9912.444
thoat2 1,872.6612.166
obviously2 1,872.6612.055
start3 2,808.9911.802
now3 2,808.9911.731
foond2 1,872.6611.451
telly2 1,872.6611.269
fact3 2,808.9911.229
ah'll2 1,872.6611.095
chance3 2,808.9911.072
likes3 2,808.9911.072
never4 3,745.3210.908
laughin2 1,872.6610.770
loved2 1,872.6610.693
fuckin4 3,745.3210.684
the39 36,516.8510.503
so6 5,617.9810.232
certain2 1,872.6610.192
even5 4,681.659.989
exactly2 1,872.669.872
she's2 1,872.669.692
did5 4,681.659.498
change2 1,872.669.465
thick2 1,872.668.903
wanted2 1,872.668.176
against2 1,872.668.137
as15 14,044.948.120
that's3 2,808.998.062
she'd2 1,872.667.843
quite2 1,872.667.604
playin2 1,872.667.349
aw8 7,490.647.287
jist6 5,617.987.272
answer2 1,872.667.026
kent4 3,745.326.875
right3 2,808.996.822
kin3 2,808.996.693
question2 1,872.666.679
there8 7,490.646.586
cos2 1,872.666.458
which3 2,808.996.315
pair2 1,872.666.229
hing2 1,872.666.120
other2 1,872.666.056
else2 1,872.666.035
each2 1,872.665.932
night2 1,872.665.792
it22 20,599.255.736
least2 1,872.665.735
she12 11,235.965.703
yae2 1,872.665.640
table2 1,872.665.622
only3 2,808.995.539
ever2 1,872.665.239
a20 18,726.594.790
dad's2 1,872.66nan
cunt2 1,872.665.111
baith3 2,808.994.677
ma10 9,363.304.535
fur7 6,554.314.528
wife2 1,872.664.499
if5 4,681.654.469
is2 1,872.664.417
by5 4,681.654.397
hard2 1,872.664.361
huv2 1,872.664.276
mean2 1,872.664.091
wae3 2,808.993.404
it's3 2,808.993.356
tae32 29,962.553.338
his11 10,299.633.222
heard2 1,872.663.199
how2 1,872.663.104
name2 1,872.663.005
be2 1,872.662.808
but8 7,490.642.752
him6 5,617.982.680
heid3 2,808.992.416
three2 1,872.662.346
sae4 3,745.322.342
wur2 1,872.662.194
then3 2,808.992.179
when3 2,808.992.005
up7 6,554.311.709
that15 14,044.941.685
yin2 1,872.661.487
they2 1,872.661.364
still2 1,872.661.326
mind2 1,872.661.316
again2 1,872.661.101
could2 1,872.661.050
see3 2,808.990.792
or5 4,681.650.604
aboot2 1,872.660.496
been3 2,808.990.467
no4 3,745.320.442
we3 2,808.990.395
her7 6,554.310.393
dae2 1,872.660.349
nae4 3,745.320.279
ken2 1,872.660.279
us2 1,872.660.269
bit2 1,872.660.222
this5 4,681.650.195
said2 1,872.660.172
in15 14,044.940.168
he10 9,363.300.056
oot5 4,681.650.055
them2 1,872.660.054
doon2 1,872.660.043
like3 2,808.990.011
at7 6,554.310.004
ladle'2 1,872.66nan
wee2 1,872.660.026
fae3 2,808.990.000