A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curran, Doug

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,171
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 909
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.388
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, a, o, wi, in, they, by, her,

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (2009 ) in Southern (Galloway) dialect, categorised as poetry

WordCount Normalised
per 100,000
the2089580.84
an753454.63
tae371704.28
a361658.22
o351612.16
wi251151.54
in241105.48
they231059.42
by231059.42
her21967.3
he18829.11
his17783.05
on16736.99
she16736.99
but15690.93
ower15690.93
€™s15690.93
wis14644.86
auld13598.8
that13598.8
as12552.74
at12552.74
aye11506.68
it11506.68
thir11506.68
frae11506.68
i10460.62
ye10460.62
for9414.56
aa9414.56
€™9414.56
wid9414.56
their8368.49
lang8368.49
days8368.49
ma8368.49
cam8368.49
time8368.49
nae8368.49
we7322.43
window7322.43
ina7322.43
were7322.43
sits7322.43
awa7322.43
be7322.43
anither7322.43
whar7322.43
ah7322.43
then7322.43
syne6276.37
while6276.37
them6276.37
up6276.37
jist6276.37
€™t6276.37
hame6276.37
intae6276.37
place6276.37
€™d6276.37
noo6276.37
when6276.37
twa6276.37
turn5230.31
door5230.31
again5230.31
like5230.31
simmer5230.31
smiddy5230.31
wir5230.31
yer5230.31
doon5230.31
close5230.31
high5230.31
nicht5230.31
some5230.31
day5230.31
whaur5230.31
ane5230.31
horses5230.31
bare5230.31
amangst4184.25
new4184.25
silent4184.25
stood4184.25
afore4184.25
aince4184.25
aroon4184.25
wife4184.25
or4184.25
wark4184.25
ee4184.25
een4184.25
liam4184.25
lugs4184.25
thegither4184.25
oot4184.25
nor4184.25
back4184.25
fire4184.25
lik4184.25
man4184.25
aff4184.25
faither4184.25
wee3138.19
bricht3138.19
dancin3138.19
sees3138.19
chris3138.19
waarm3138.19
my3138.19
watter3138.19
wa3138.19
shaen3138.19
said3138.19
huif3138.19
sae3138.19
risin3138.19
wind3138.19
growin3138.19
€™n3138.19
is3138.19
ticht3138.19
empty3138.19
through3138.19
heichts3138.19
cauld3138.19
yon3138.19
caa3138.19
him3138.19
horse3138.19
chair3138.19
tongue3138.19
sky3138.19
sit3138.19
weans3138.19
last3138.19
still3138.19
amang3138.19
me3138.19
men3138.19
daurk3138.19
ilka3138.19
licht3138.19
year3138.19
maun292.12
burnside292.12
hoose292.12
hemmer292.12
mark292.12
€™ll292.12
cairnfield292.12
glow292.12
fin292.12
haun292.12
agin292.12
gate292.12
pair292.12
young292.12
echo292.12
laund292.12
granfaither292.12
cheek292.12
westlan292.12
airms292.12
across292.12
folks292.12
huifs292.12
was292.12
blaw292.12
white292.12
upon292.12
hears292.12
watches292.12
getherin292.12
cairt292.12
begins292.12
first292.12
hert292.12
richt292.12
tho292.12
wait292.12
abune292.12
buik292.12
hot292.12
dugs292.12
fields292.12
prood292.12
let292.12
left292.12
anvil292.12
mind292.12
atween292.12
fir292.12
wecht292.12
dawn292.12
€™er292.12
deep292.12
broon292.12
dances292.12
€˜an292.12
pu292.12
forge292.12
years292.12
bit292.12
could292.12
fireside292.12
brocht292.12
mak292.12
throu292.12
slips292.12
world292.12
gin292.12
ain292.12
stane292.12
and292.12
side292.12
oan292.12
can292.12
bleezin292.12
wey292.12
queer292.12
faa292.12
sperks292.12
windaes292.12
ae292.12
aboot292.12
ulster292.12
radio292.12
are292.12
ran292.12
stauns292.12
mither292.12
wunnert292.12
bits292.12
hae292.12
sea292.12
gaed292.12
wun292.12
corn292.12
busy292.12
askit292.12
lichtit292.12
mair292.12
shae292.12
bendie292.12
lost292.12
saft292.12
danced292.12
watch292.12
dug292.12
wands292.12
soople292.12