Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Calderwood, Lynsey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,272
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,143
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.738
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, an, the, said, she, tae, a, ma, it, in,

List of texts in corpus

Cantsmell
From Glasgow To Saturn (01-01-2020) in Central dialect, categorised as prose (1,177 words)

Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits
Lallans Magazine (2006-02-01 ) in Central dialect, categorised as prose (1,249 words)
Mumbo Jumbo
Litro magazine (01-01-2006) in Central dialect, categorised as prose (1,846 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
ah	168	3932.58
an	142	3323.97
the	108	2528.09
said	102	2387.64
she	99	2317.42
tae	97	2270.6
a	94	2200.37
ma	89	2083.33
it	83	1942.88
in	76	1779.03
s	62	1451.31
wis	60	1404.49
that	45	1053.37
thi	45	1053.37
her	38	889.51
yi	38	889.51
me	36	842.7
aw	36	842.7
fur	35	819.29
wit	28	655.43
ae	28	655.43
wi	27	632.02
up	26	608.61
got	25	585.21
aboot	25	585.21
no	24	561.8
cos	23	538.39
on	20	468.16
they	20	468.16
laura	19	444.76
jist	19	444.76
he	19	444.76
this	19	444.76
lik	18	421.35
yir	18	421.35
at	18	421.35
pure	17	397.94
when	17	397.94
be	16	374.53
school	16	374.53
oot	15	351.12
d	15	351.12
but	15	351.12
you	15	351.12
bonny	15	351.12
madame	14	327.72
we	14	327.72
day	14	327.72
ee	14	327.72
then	14	327.72
his	14	327.72
did	13	304.31
coz	13	304.31
if	13	304.31
went	13	304.31
wur	13	304.31
been	12	280.9
how	12	280.9
well	11	257.49
class	11	257.49
is	11	257.49
m	11	257.49
teacher	11	257.49
wid	11	257.49
there	10	234.08
don	10	234.08
t	10	234.08
dae	10	234.08
intae	10	234.08
think	10	234.08
back	10	234.08
so	10	234.08
cantsmell	10	234.08
wee	10	234.08
doon	10	234.08
get	9	210.67
heid	9	210.67
talkin	9	210.67
aye	9	210.67
see	9	210.67
fae	8	187.27
charlene	8	187.27
go	8	187.27
us	8	187.27
hud	8	187.27
as	8	187.27
harpreet	8	187.27
him	8	187.27
away	8	187.27
oor	8	187.27
way	8	187.27
nits	8	187.27
bad	8	187.27
didnae	8	187.27
french	7	163.86
sammy	7	163.86
huv	7	163.86
three	7	163.86
always	7	163.86
naw	7	163.86
aff	7	163.86
right	7	163.86
gaunny	7	163.86
time	7	163.86
next	7	163.86
pit	7	163.86
karn	7	163.86
daein	7	163.86
tiym	6	140.45
wully	6	140.45
gettin	6	140.45
come	6	140.45
bit	6	140.45
or	6	140.45
da	6	140.45
puni	6	140.45
know	6	140.45
ll	6	140.45
them	6	140.45
ask	6	140.45
sit	6	140.45
to	6	140.45
face	6	140.45
kirsty	6	140.45
canny	6	140.45
ur	5	117.04
mornin	5	117.04
that's	5	117.04
thir	5	117.04
eny	5	117.04
for	5	117.04
ees	5	117.04
sum	5	117.04
want	5	117.04
nurse	5	117.04
says	5	117.04
um	5	117.04
too	5	117.04
can	5	117.04
history	5	117.04
still	5	117.04
yoo	5	117.04
eevin	5	117.04
hair	5	117.04
shut	5	117.04
words	5	117.04
gied	5	117.04
another	5	117.04
end	5	117.04
man	5	117.04
wan	5	117.04
tolt	5	117.04
never	5	117.04
say	5	117.04
understaun	5	117.04
dead	5	117.04
sat	5	117.04
these	4	93.63
thum	4	93.63
staunin	4	93.63
feel	4	93.63
after	4	93.63
german	4	93.63
half	4	93.63
couldnae	4	93.63
thoa	4	93.63
they'd	4	93.63
wen	4	93.63
ah'd	4	93.63
thought	4	93.63
somethin	4	93.63
sayin	4	93.63
tryin	4	93.63
test	4	93.63
work	4	93.63
hoam	4	93.63
awriyt	4	93.63
big	4	93.63
micoy	4	93.63
tell	4	93.63
jail	4	93.63
ded	4	93.63
thing	4	93.63
soshal	4	93.63
karen	4	93.63
startet	4	93.63
ootae	4	93.63
pal	4	93.63
yoostae	4	93.63
book	4	93.63
post	4	93.63
bin	4	93.63
re	4	93.63
semple	4	93.63
and	4	93.63
has	3	70.22
weer	3	70.22
git	3	70.22
really	3	70.22
until	3	70.22
seen	3	70.22
brij	3	70.22
ah'm	3	70.22
off	3	70.22
yung	3	70.22
same	3	70.22
parents	3	70.22
best	3	70.22
sumthin	3	70.22
desk	3	70.22
colin	3	70.22
cood	3	70.22
sick	3	70.22
riyt	3	70.22
came	3	70.22
either	3	70.22
hoo	3	70.22
tokin	3	70.22
it's	3	70.22
paipur	3	70.22
nyoo	3	70.22
last	3	70.22
boys	3	70.22
tue	3	70.22
widnae	3	70.22
ov	3	70.22
room	3	70.22
might	3	70.22
ears	3	70.22
cantwell	3	70.22
foak	3	70.22
of	3	70.22
turnt	3	70.22
wurkur	3	70.22
she'd	3	70.22
gets	3	70.22
dun	3	70.22
cot	3	70.22
biy	3	70.22
bettur	3	70.22
punies	3	70.22
till	3	70.22
primary	3	70.22
even	3	70.22
masel	3	70.22
comes	3	70.22
help	3	70.22
good	3	70.22
any	3	70.22
wisnae	3	70.22
kept	3	70.22
so's	3	70.22
before	3	70.22
though	3	70.22
noo	3	70.22
than	3	70.22
meant	3	70.22
haun	3	70.22
gaun	3	70.22
simple	3	70.22
week	3	70.22
jotter	3	70.22
sits	3	70.22
dis	3	70.22
could	3	70.22
crappin	3	70.22
again	3	70.22
famly	3	70.22
why	3	70.22
bus	3	70.22
weelie	3	70.22
cawd	3	70.22
used	2	46.82
yin	2	46.82
sistur	2	46.82
thair	2	46.82
minutes	2	46.82
twenty	2	46.82
mark	2	46.82
hoal	2	46.82
dandruff	2	46.82
ten	2	46.82
four	2	46.82
triyin	2	46.82
bar	2	46.82
seeryis	2	46.82
clatty	2	46.82
much	2	46.82
saw	2	46.82
kiyl	2	46.82
anaw	2	46.82
smell	2	46.82
teachur	2	46.82
furst	2	46.82
massive	2	46.82
giy	2	46.82
ever	2	46.82
only	2	46.82
short	2	46.82
story	2	46.82
was	2	46.82
care	2	46.82
some	2	46.82
cream	2	46.82
pen	2	46.82
hearin	2	46.82
tellin	2	46.82
miyt	2	46.82
skool	2	46.82
shite	2	46.82
evrubdy	2	46.82
wully's	2	46.82
red	2	46.82
probly	2	46.82
signature	2	46.82
heard	2	46.82
mishell	2	46.82
stop	2	46.82
nix	2	46.82
forgot	2	46.82
waitin	2	46.82
tried	2	46.82
yes	2	46.82
breath	2	46.82
point	2	46.82
wearin	2	46.82
doar	2	46.82
hur	2	46.82
blond	2	46.82
stood	2	46.82
ootside	2	46.82
ar	2	46.82
side	2	46.82
row	2	46.82
ivur	2	46.82
seef	2	46.82
smiled	2	46.82
shood	2	46.82
two	2	46.82
wurds	2	46.82
fingernails	2	46.82
hygiene	2	46.82
haf	2	46.82
letturs	2	46.82
makes	2	46.82
seein	2	46.82
thinkin	2	46.82
become	2	46.82
ingleesh	2	46.82
looked	2	46.82
look	2	46.82
gradyooit	2	46.82
changin	2	46.82
every	2	46.82
box	2	46.82
ages	2	46.82
fun	2	46.82
thirties	2	46.82
eighteen	2	46.82
barlinnie	2	46.82
maaa	2	46.82
hate	2	46.82
bliddy	2	46.82
ee'd	2	46.82
pronounce	2	46.82
scratchin	2	46.82
except	2	46.82
sumdy	2	46.82
totally	2	46.82
first	2	46.82
soundet	2	46.82
tape	2	46.82
top	2	46.82
roon	2	46.82
mind	2	46.82
mad	2	46.82
iys	2	46.82
isnae	2	46.82
front	2	46.82
gie	2	46.82
kyle	2	46.82
phones	2	46.82
nit	2	46.82
shop	2	46.82
talks	2	46.82
marks	2	46.82
door	2	46.82
finally	2	46.82
job	2	46.82
wair	2	46.82
mean	2	46.82
apparently	2	46.82
market	2	46.82
super	2	46.82
language	2	46.82
hell	2	46.82
toilet	2	46.82
actually	2	46.82
bag	2	46.82
stuff	2	46.82
are	2	46.82
belangt	2	46.82
believe	2	46.82
opent	2	46.82
stayed	2	46.82
through	2	46.82
subject	2	46.82
let	2	46.82
since	2	46.82
folk	2	46.82
regi	2	46.82
case	2	46.82
mair	2	46.82
walkin	2	46.82
triy	2	46.82
days	2	46.82
nearly	2	46.82
need	2	46.82
ripped	2	46.82
sittin	2	46.82
befour	2	46.82
keepin	2	46.82
sing	2	46.82
word	2	46.82
paki	2	46.82
high	2	46.82
intervyoo	2	46.82
ding	2	46.82
endet	2	46.82
boy	2	46.82
bwat	2	46.82
tapes	2	46.82
millions	2	46.82
start	2	46.82
acshully	2	46.82
gromits	2	46.82
oors	2	46.82
iyurn	2	46.82
learnin	2	46.82
yoo'v	2	46.82
listenin	2	46.82
usually	2	46.82
broo	2	46.82
office	2	46.82
mingin	2	46.82
readin	2	46.82
out	2	46.82
left	2	46.82
lookin	2	46.82
doant	2	46.82
nivur	2	46.82
thur	2	46.82
undur	2	46.82
gave	2	46.82