A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Meikle, William

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,520
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 475
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.2
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ye, ah, tae, that, the, a, me, wis, it, in,

List of texts in corpus

Overheard in a Cemetery
ABCTales.com (2004-09-12) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (1,520 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
ye73 48,026.32193.219
ah72 47,368.42175.254
no'11 7,236.84104.395
a'13 8,552.6391.298
o'16 10,526.3287.047
me32 21,052.6365.575
an'13 8,552.6361.508
wi'9 5,921.0556.646
jessie9 5,921.0548.213
never11 7,236.8443.776
the37 24,342.1140.354
too8 5,263.1639.239
that43 28,289.4735.183
always6 3,947.3734.158
thinkin'3 1,973.6832.470
jist15 9,868.4231.915
ah've5 3,289.4731.070
when13 8,552.6331.056
wedding3 1,973.6829.645
dae13 8,552.6328.980
wish5 3,289.4728.660
mornin'3 1,973.6828.624
were12 7,894.7425.900
did10 6,578.9524.985
ken12 7,894.7424.055
mind9 5,921.0521.949
onyway2 1,315.7920.589
would5 3,289.4719.880
used5 3,289.4719.475
sittin'2 1,315.7919.407
ah'd3 1,973.6818.146
remember3 1,973.6817.273
man9 5,921.0516.890
ah'm4 2,631.5816.275
wance3 1,973.6815.538
married2 1,315.7914.386
why4 2,631.5814.202
thegither5 3,289.4714.129
many3 1,973.6814.057
but17 11,184.2113.697
sich2 1,315.7913.177
talked2 1,315.7912.782
yours2 1,315.7912.599
bothered2 1,315.7912.424
wis31 20,394.7412.345
weans3 1,973.6811.573
promised2 1,315.7911.514
ma17 11,184.2111.212
onybody3 1,973.6810.848
talk3 1,973.6810.722
micht6 3,947.3710.462
woman2 1,315.7910.357
even6 3,947.3710.348
noo9 5,921.0510.347
suit2 1,315.7910.259
must3 1,973.6810.099
think6 3,947.3710.062
hae11 7,236.8410.062
don't2 1,315.799.979
much4 2,631.589.977
ah'll2 1,315.799.889
whit10 6,578.958.775
whether2 1,315.798.760
jimmy2 1,315.798.449
day9 5,921.057.982
look4 2,631.587.947
didnae4 2,631.587.605
after2 1,315.797.510
bother2 1,315.797.464
way3 1,973.687.412
he's2 1,315.797.119
lads2 1,315.797.038
suppose2 1,315.797.038
getting2 1,315.796.998
faur3 1,973.686.948
aboot11 7,236.846.686
problem2 1,315.796.659
last4 2,631.586.656
have3 1,973.686.544
could5 3,289.476.397
quite2 1,315.796.350
like10 6,578.956.312
that's3 1,973.686.256
really3 1,973.686.191
wan4 2,631.586.118
happy2 1,315.795.806
maybe2 1,315.795.779
be15 9,868.425.539
hope2 1,315.795.488
boy2 1,315.795.316
wee8 5,263.165.140
dinnae3 1,973.685.126
auld6 3,947.375.122
disnae2 1,315.795.085
happened2 1,315.795.019
said6 3,947.374.853
let3 1,973.684.837
week2 1,315.794.829
folk3 1,973.684.826
time7 4,605.264.695
toon2 1,315.794.427
word2 1,315.794.427
tae45 29,605.264.394
miss2 1,315.794.391
here5 3,289.474.318
because2 1,315.794.253
tried2 1,315.794.236
it's4 2,631.584.119
bad2 1,315.793.979
only3 1,973.683.882
see6 3,947.373.709
gettin'3 1,973.68nan
voice2 1,315.794.356
aroon2 1,315.793.633
i4 2,631.583.569
he7 4,605.263.545
left3 1,973.683.543
a33 21,710.533.373
there8 5,263.163.272
got4 2,631.583.193
should2 1,315.793.140
noo'3 1,973.68nan
every2 1,315.794.137
had5 3,289.473.109
bed2 1,315.793.041
mean2 1,315.792.956
fine3 1,973.682.834
telt3 1,973.682.796
oor5 3,289.472.699
john2 1,315.792.626
guid4 2,631.582.615
then4 2,631.582.593
so4 2,631.582.483
on5 3,289.472.430
hear2 1,315.792.337
she4 2,631.582.328
rain2 1,315.792.275
ither4 2,631.582.268
or2 1,315.792.251
them5 3,289.472.143
afore4 2,631.582.080
maist3 1,973.682.056
how2 1,315.792.055
faither2 1,315.792.014
years2 1,315.792.007
again3 1,973.681.842
his5 3,289.471.833
us4 2,631.581.704
come3 1,973.681.674
hit2 1,315.791.634
things2 1,315.791.563
get4 2,631.581.556
yer5 3,289.471.531
first3 1,973.681.431
better2 1,315.791.412
went2 1,315.791.407
been5 3,289.471.406
and14 9,210.531.311
it23 15,131.581.298
we9 5,921.051.296
days2 1,315.791.269
mither2 1,315.791.265
roon2 1,315.791.217
fur2 1,315.791.174
bit2 1,315.791.134
in19 12,500.001.005
if4 2,631.581.000
by4 2,631.580.964
big2 1,315.790.874
weel3 1,973.680.736
they4 2,631.580.681
up4 2,631.580.644
made2 1,315.790.622
een2 1,315.790.607
gie2 1,315.790.535
ony2 1,315.790.524
back2 1,315.790.467
nicht2 1,315.790.454
twa3 1,973.680.412
at8 5,263.160.333
oot5 3,289.470.332
aye3 1,973.680.298
say2 1,315.790.278
him5 3,289.470.218
sae3 1,973.680.155
than2 1,315.790.094
as10 6,578.950.057
can2 1,315.790.047
for8 5,263.160.033
this6 3,947.370.007
mair3 1,973.680.003
richt2 1,315.790.002
are2 1,315.790.002
no4 2,631.580.000