Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Tait, John M

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 8,064
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,988
Ratio of total words to unique words - 4.056
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, a, an, at, o, in, the, ta, is, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 73 - Guest
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (104 words)
Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect
Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 (2004) in Shetland dialect, categorised as prose (4,671 words)

Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses
Lallans Magazine (2002) in Shetland dialect, categorised as weans (656 words)

Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75)
Lallans Magazine (2002) in Shetland dialect, categorised as poetry (647 words)

Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime)
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Shetland dialect, categorised as prose (1,986 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
da	317	3931.05
a	219	2715.77
an	186	2306.55
at	173	2145.34
o	145	1798.12
in	138	1711.31
the	122	1512.9
ta	114	1413.69
is	112	1388.89
i	103	1277.28
dialect	100	1240.08
as	87	1078.87
of	73	905.26
wis	70	868.06
for	69	855.65
we	68	843.25
dis	65	806.05
you	63	781.25
wi	63	781.25
shaetlan	61	756.45
hit	58	719.25
he	53	657.24
be	53	657.24
her	48	595.24
aboot	47	582.84
bit	47	582.84
whit	46	570.44
or	46	570.44
it	45	558.04
s	44	545.63
and	43	533.23
wid	42	520.83
sed	41	508.43
english	40	496.03
dat	40	496.03
aa	38	471.23
shui	36	446.43
fae	36	446.43
language	36	446.43
his	35	434.03
up	35	434.03
on	33	409.23
to	33	409.23
if	33	409.23
can	31	384.42
laek	31	384.42
idder	31	384.42
wirds	30	372.02
no	29	359.62
that	28	347.22
standard	28	347.22
fock	28	347.22
tae	27	334.82
dem	26	322.42
sheltie	26	322.42
prattle	25	310.02
wird	25	310.02
dey	24	297.62
wir	23	285.22
oot	23	285.22
haes	23	285.22
whin	23	285.22
him	23	285.22
dae	22	272.82
nae	22	272.82
ene	21	260.42
sae	20	248.02
say	20	248.02
hae	20	248.02
r	20	248.02
spaekin	18	223.21
public	18	223.21
yarl	18	223.21
canna	18	223.21
ony	17	210.81
concept	17	210.81
dir	17	210.81
ithin	17	210.81
hoose	16	198.41
caase	16	198.41
dan	15	186.01
juist	15	186.01
tongue	15	186.01
man	15	186.01
guid	15	186.01
young	15	186.01
caad	15	186.01
but	14	173.61
wye	14	173.61
spellin	14	173.61
muckle	14	173.61
caa	13	161.21
m	13	161.21
written	13	161.21
example	13	161.21
very	13	161.21
scots	13	161.21
see	13	161.21
whaar	13	161.21
are	12	148.81
shetland	12	148.81
form	12	148.81
writin	12	148.81
onnly	12	148.81
mean	12	148.81
grammar	12	148.81
dialects	12	148.81
here	11	136.41
sam	11	136.41
noo	11	136.41
ain	11	136.41
me	11	136.41
tink	11	136.41
weel	10	124.01
duiweel	10	124.01
doon	10	124.01
onything	10	124.01
not	10	124.01
spaek	10	124.01
there	10	124.01
means	10	124.01
even	10	124.01
some	10	124.01
bairns	10	124.01
never	10	124.01
still	10	124.01
scottish	9	111.61
peerie	9	111.61
aald	9	111.61
soond	9	111.61
lang	9	111.61
micht	9	111.61
writes	9	111.61
du	9	111.61
anidder	9	111.61
tom	9	111.61
write	9	111.61
ower	9	111.61
mak	9	111.61
claise	8	99.21
come	8	99.21
got	8	99.21
so	8	99.21
gaeng	8	99.21
different	8	99.21
dui	8	99.21
bi	8	99.21
tocht	8	99.21
idee	8	99.21
pit	8	99.21
says	8	99.21
have	8	99.21
house	8	99.21
mair	8	99.21
burra	8	99.21
persevere	8	99.21
laich	8	99.21
article	7	86.81
na	7	86.81
midder	7	86.81
wrang	7	86.81
twa	7	86.81
morton	7	86.81
gie	7	86.81
all	7	86.81
duisna	7	86.81
want	7	86.81
status	7	86.81
with	7	86.81
been	7	86.81
sood	7	86.81
like	7	86.81
ey	7	86.81
awa	7	86.81
coorse	7	86.81
will	7	86.81
seen	7	86.81
duis	7	86.81
first	6	74.4
duina	6	74.4
they	6	74.4
lock	6	74.4
yun	6	74.4
well	6	74.4
hael	6	74.4
would	6	74.4
efter	6	74.4
maest	6	74.4
writers	6	74.4
pronunciation	6	74.4
haed	6	74.4
bein	6	74.4
haem	6	74.4
lasses	6	74.4
my	6	74.4
languages	6	74.4
apo	6	74.4
faider	6	74.4
haa	6	74.4
ill	6	74.4
afore	6	74.4
wan	6	74.4
gods	6	74.4
atween	6	74.4
i'm	6	74.4
plaece	6	74.4
foo	6	74.4
sisters	6	74.4
sooth	6	74.4
ee	6	74.4
thing	5	62
ve	5	62
booked	5	62
til	5	62
from	5	62
cam	5	62
leonard	5	62
could	5	62
spaeks	5	62
time	5	62
it's	5	62
wad	5	62
while	5	62
jock	5	62
miller	5	62
daed	5	62
spack	5	62
yit	5	62
seems	5	62
those	5	62
fact	5	62
differs	5	62
faar	5	62
set	5	62
parked	5	62
hed	5	62
shetlandic	5	62
laird	5	62
friesland	5	62
them	5	62
dooble	5	62
urban	5	62
foy	5	62
ahint	5	62
aw	5	62
aff	5	62
trowie	5	62
cled	5	62
education	5	62
live	5	62
lass	5	62
traep	5	62
sings	5	62
faa	5	62
low	5	62
whidder	5	62
rivlin	5	62
their	5	62
budder	5	62
servant	5	62
speech	5	62
view	4	49.6
who	4	49.6
point	4	49.6
viewpoint	4	49.6
intelligentsia	4	49.6
wast	4	49.6
dr	4	49.6
wint	4	49.6
saa	4	49.6
one	4	49.6
leeterary	4	49.6
context	4	49.6
edder	4	49.6
grammatical	4	49.6
examples	4	49.6
eence	4	49.6
were	4	49.6
laetest	4	49.6
by	4	49.6
other	4	49.6
rules	4	49.6
best	4	49.6
git	4	49.6
mi	4	49.6
baith	4	49.6
took	4	49.6
odysseus	4	49.6
academic	4	49.6
aigisthus	4	49.6
poseidon	4	49.6
mornin	4	49.6
mavie	4	49.6
comin	4	49.6
mind	4	49.6
tagidder	4	49.6
isle	4	49.6
dochter	4	49.6
kaen	4	49.6
creative	4	49.6
used	4	49.6
toh	4	49.6
life	4	49.6
which	4	49.6
yea	4	49.6
plags	4	49.6
goddess	4	49.6
lookit	4	49.6
gae	4	49.6
ever	4	49.6
siller	4	49.6
du's	4	49.6
oese	4	49.6
insted	4	49.6
kind	4	49.6
scotland	4	49.6
read	4	49.6
course	4	49.6
why	4	49.6
its	4	49.6
always	4	49.6
doot	4	49.6
pronunciations	4	49.6
teach	4	49.6
wha	4	49.6
somethin	4	49.6
strynds	4	49.6
whaalsa	4	49.6
how	4	49.6
name	4	49.6
did	4	49.6
has	4	49.6
somene	4	49.6
richt	4	49.6
ch	4	49.6
out	4	49.6
just	4	49.6
shuirly	3	37.2
tinks	3	37.2
reek	3	37.2
gotten	3	37.2
try	3	37.2
door	3	37.2
faera	3	37.2
ithoot	3	37.2
kyuckered	3	37.2
needna	3	37.2
bairn	3	37.2
aathing	3	37.2
certainly	3	37.2
oh	3	37.2
plaeces	3	37.2
times	3	37.2
tongues	3	37.2
policy	3	37.2
you're	3	37.2
lack	3	37.2
she	3	37.2
ran	3	37.2
less	3	37.2
frisian	3	37.2
men	3	37.2
bruck	3	37.2
fornenst	3	37.2
progressive	3	37.2
country	3	37.2
need	3	37.2
hiech	3	37.2
dee	3	37.2
phrases	3	37.2
nicht	3	37.2
system	3	37.2
dress	3	37.2
vocabulary	3	37.2
hit's	3	37.2
fit	3	37.2
might	3	37.2
kill	3	37.2
things	3	37.2
sake	3	37.2
usage	3	37.2
laesk	3	37.2
big	3	37.2
hits	3	37.2
lies	3	37.2
baak	3	37.2
eenoo	3	37.2
obviously	3	37.2
was	3	37.2
effect	3	37.2
likes	3	37.2
experimental	3	37.2
oesed	3	37.2
because	3	37.2
parkit	3	37.2
more	3	37.2
wrongly	3	37.2
follow	3	37.2
beukit	3	37.2
wants	3	37.2
bed	3	37.2
naebody	3	37.2
tak	3	37.2
welsh	3	37.2
kinds	3	37.2
maybe	3	37.2
doun	3	37.2
bade	3	37.2
laekly	3	37.2
thaim	3	37.2
identity	3	37.2
john	3	37.2
upbiggin	3	37.2
uppity	3	37.2
sweetie	3	37.2
contrast	3	37.2
any	3	37.2
nippy	3	37.2
saecond	3	37.2
baens	3	37.2
knap	3	37.2
appeared	3	37.2
didna	3	37.2
your	3	37.2
caa'd	3	37.2
orthography	3	37.2
maestly	3	37.2
ll	3	37.2
duin	3	37.2
leeteracy	3	37.2
laand	3	37.2
deed	3	37.2
right	3	37.2
heard	3	37.2
pat	3	37.2
hear	3	37.2
dominie	3	37.2
varying	3	37.2
shuin	3	37.2
under	3	37.2
idders	3	37.2
kent	3	37.2
important	3	37.2
wife	3	37.2
tell	3	37.2
interference	3	37.2
literati	3	37.2
much	3	37.2
telt	3	37.2
this	3	37.2
many	3	37.2
wisna	3	37.2
effete	3	37.2
phrase	2	24.8
intae	2	24.8
whaarby	2	24.8
floer	2	24.8
fan	2	24.8
nearly	2	24.8
notticed	2	24.8
cover	2	24.8
describe	2	24.8
blister	2	24.8
table	2	24.8
palm	2	24.8
rummelt	2	24.8
listenin	2	24.8
shaas	2	24.8
sees	2	24.8
garbage	2	24.8
varieties	2	24.8
nor	2	24.8
rot	2	24.8
defineetion	2	24.8
bring	2	24.8
readin	2	24.8
had	2	24.8
looks	2	24.8
became	2	24.8
when	2	24.8
lug	2	24.8
connotation	2	24.8
mistak	2	24.8
norn	2	24.8
lairnin	2	24.8
wearin	2	24.8
know	2	24.8
gied	2	24.8
naethin	2	24.8
little	2	24.8
description	2	24.8
good	2	24.8
wantin	2	24.8
couldna	2	24.8
pyntin	2	24.8
practice	2	24.8
teached	2	24.8
can't	2	24.8
haemfarin	2	24.8
educationally	2	24.8
ava	2	24.8
circles	2	24.8
aroond	2	24.8
win	2	24.8
wirk	2	24.8
wit	2	24.8
small	2	24.8
linguistic	2	24.8
naebodie	2	24.8
correct	2	24.8
word	2	24.8
way	2	24.8
linguists	2	24.8
money	2	24.8
bittie	2	24.8
hail	2	24.8
lirkit	2	24.8
broo	2	24.8
trang	2	24.8
haff	2	24.8
flat	2	24.8
elbuck	2	24.8
men's	2	24.8
distinction	2	24.8
years	2	24.8
mony	2	24.8
conclusion	2	24.8
term	2	24.8
relative	2	24.8
real	2	24.8
livin	2	24.8
bitties	2	24.8
caroline	2	24.8
left	2	24.8
emerged	2	24.8
now	2	24.8
then	2	24.8
points	2	24.8
narrow	2	24.8
till	2	24.8
macafee	2	24.8
haein	2	24.8
idea	2	24.8
bad	2	24.8
tint	2	24.8
us	2	24.8
better	2	24.8
watter	2	24.8
rickle	2	24.8
do-well	2	24.8
duiweel's	2	24.8
skyimpnafftak	2	24.8
diel	2	24.8
consolidatit	2	24.8
fire	2	24.8
body	2	24.8
aneoch	2	24.8
only	2	24.8
such	2	24.8
hattered	2	24.8
meanin	2	24.8
research	2	24.8
trookers	2	24.8
lookin	2	24.8
laeve	2	24.8
zondag	2	24.8
koen	2	24.8
practical	2	24.8
maana	2	24.8
aince	2	24.8
tried	2	24.8
material	2	24.8
shewed	2	24.8
world	2	24.8
forms	2	24.8
consistent	2	24.8
attempt	2	24.8
render	2	24.8
control	2	24.8
may	2	24.8
shoard	2	24.8
give	2	24.8
oonduimious	2	24.8
teachin	2	24.8
must	2	24.8
feet	2	24.8
trivvlin	2	24.8
ess	2	24.8
clood	2	24.8
crack	2	24.8
blue	2	24.8
lowe	2	24.8
hostin	2	24.8
actually	2	24.8
spontaneity	2	24.8
war	2	24.8
official	2	24.8
isles	2	24.8
coud	2	24.8
teacher	2	24.8
look	2	24.8
verb	2	24.8
don't	2	24.8
danced	2	24.8
long	2	24.8
didn't	2	24.8
vernacular	2	24.8
gaein	2	24.8
teachers	2	24.8
shaa	2	24.8
agen	2	24.8
charming	2	24.8
given	2	24.8
fancy	2	24.8
micro-dialects	2	24.8
low-prestige	2	24.8
greet	2	24.8
maiter	2	24.8
gien	2	24.8
tradeetional	2	24.8
dark	2	24.8
strategy	2	24.8
short	2	24.8
backaboot	2	24.8
third	2	24.8
needin	2	24.8
bides	2	24.8
exactly	2	24.8
anunder	2	24.8
dunna	2	24.8
room	2	24.8
nottice	2	24.8
soonds	2	24.8
begood	2	24.8
p	2	24.8
question	2	24.8
standards	2	24.8
subject	2	24.8
terms	2	24.8
makkin	2	24.8
sentence	2	24.8
almost	2	24.8
comes	2	24.8
words	2	24.8
development	2	24.8
lat	2	24.8
poiems	2	24.8
brynd	2	24.8
anything	2	24.8
temptation	2	24.8
di-a-lack	2	24.8
tension	2	24.8
artists	2	24.8
kirsen	2	24.8
hermes	2	24.8
end	2	24.8
thocht	2	24.8
thay	2	24.8
ah	2	24.8
nedder	2	24.8
giein	2	24.8
mairy	2	24.8
greinin	2	24.8
anti-orthographic	2	24.8
call	2	24.8
trowe	2	24.8
entitled	2	24.8
story	2	24.8
another	2	24.8
claim	2	24.8
cood	2	24.8
contradiction	2	24.8
influences	2	24.8
zeus's	2	24.8
ir	2	24.8
gadderie	2	24.8
local	2	24.8
ideology	2	24.8
haand	2	24.8
shooders	2	24.8
side	2	24.8
writing	2	24.8
among	2	24.8
resources	2	24.8
kaenin	2	24.8
weird	2	24.8
dere	2	24.8
caese	2	24.8
opposite	2	24.8
wrocht	2	24.8
fecht	2	24.8
suggest	2	24.8
sleeps	2	24.8
doo	2	24.8
lambs	2	24.8
lingistwick	2	24.8
laid	2	24.8
aless	2	24.8
cd	2	24.8
back	2	24.8
sang	2	24.8
sicker	2	24.8
dilettanti	2	24.8
aside	2	24.8
freda	2	24.8
sunday	2	24.8
olympian	2	24.8
tinkin	2	24.8
apon	2	24.8
killed	2	24.8
orestes	2	24.8
caves	2	24.8
quarried	2	24.8
these	2	24.8
ills	2	24.8
natural	2	24.8
son	2	24.8
agamemnon's	2	24.8
argument	2	24.8
led	2	24.8
speak	2	24.8
woo	2	24.8
wine	2	24.8
guest	2	24.8
whet	2	24.8
nicht's	2	24.8
day	2	24.8
between	2	24.8
approtch	2	24.8
forgotten	2	24.8
less-than-respectable	2	24.8
prestige	2	24.8
attitude	2	24.8
frae	2	24.8
doon-toon	2	24.8
at's	2	24.8
mclerse	2	24.8
kyuckerin	2	24.8
serious	2	24.8
irvine	2	24.8
lallans	2	24.8