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Douglas, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,296
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,216
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.888
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, yer, and, tae, of, ye, an,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (01-01-2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect, categorised as poetry (2,296 words)

Author word usage frequencies

WordCount Normalised
per million
the12454,006.97
a5423,519.16
o3816,550.52
in3615,679.44
yer2611,324.04
and2510,888.50
tae2310,017.42
of198,275.26
ye187,839.72
an177,404.18
to166,968.64
frae146,097.56
when146,097.56
but135,662.02
wi135,662.02
is135,662.02
that125,226.48
or125,226.48
oan125,226.48
as125,226.48
he114,790.94
his104,355.40
this104,355.40
her104,355.40
man104,355.40
up104,355.40
even93,919.86
fer93,919.86
its93,919.86
at93,919.86
nae93,919.86
it83,484.32
yin83,484.32
ma83,484.32
him83,484.32
sae73,048.78
their73,048.78
all73,048.78
can73,048.78
was73,048.78
lik73,048.78
then73,048.78
o'73,048.78
wuz62,613.24
be62,613.24
sons62,613.24
for62,613.24
on62,613.24
lang62,613.24
ah62,613.24
three62,613.24
are52,177.70
upun52,177.70
about52,177.70
well52,177.70
young52,177.70
one52,177.70
noo52,177.70
have52,177.70
bi52,177.70
with52,177.70
body52,177.70
th'52,177.70
no52,177.70
she52,177.70
how52,177.70
best52,177.70
ken52,177.70
aa52,177.70
you52,177.70
time52,177.70
sense52,177.70
woman52,177.70
here41,742.16
day41,742.16
see41,742.16
intae41,742.16
fleet41,742.16
life41,742.16
cannae41,742.16
like41,742.16
has41,742.16
them41,742.16
maist41,742.16
so41,742.16
mair41,742.16
oor41,742.16
whaur41,742.16
who41,742.16
n'41,742.16
auld41,742.16
just41,742.16
frogs41,742.16
far31,306.62
chad31,306.62
son31,306.62
jist31,306.62
without31,306.62
your31,306.62
ower31,306.62
away31,306.62
thing31,306.62
ainly31,306.62
owre31,306.62
lake31,306.62
men31,306.62
more31,306.62
from31,306.62
each31,306.62
they31,306.62
out31,306.62
livin31,306.62
say31,306.62
had31,306.62
giraffe31,306.62
yon31,306.62
think31,306.62
should31,306.62
road31,306.62
danse31,306.62
i31,306.62
waas31,306.62
than31,306.62
thon31,306.62
lord31,306.62
will31,306.62
yir31,306.62
field31,306.62
last31,306.62
soun31,306.62
doon31,306.62
yince31,306.62
mak31,306.62
wide31,306.62
hear31,306.62
winter31,306.62
could31,306.62
set31,306.62
if31,306.62
much31,306.62
what31,306.62
us31,306.62
blue31,306.62
guid31,306.62
thirs31,306.62
joes31,306.62
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paper2871.08
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rackit2871.08
kind2871.08
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