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Benzie, Lesley

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,504
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,706
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.64
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, tae, a, in, their, as, ye, for,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (188 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (139 words)
Fessen Reared
Seahorse (2020-04-30 ) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (4,177 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
their56 12,433.39125.475
joan8 1,776.2072.158
yer42 9,325.0470.611
twaa6 1,332.1552.121
hiv18 3,996.4550.705
o164 36,412.0844.819
i2 444.0538.260
fan14 3,108.3537.897
ye'd7 1,554.1737.571
auler4 888.1036.075
aroon12 2,664.3035.704
and4 888.1035.383
aa30 6,660.7531.552
blue10 2,220.2530.726
while14 3,108.3530.062
far14 3,108.3527.137
it20 4,440.5027.042
shadows4 888.1027.030
ah'm8 1,776.2026.244
spit5 1,110.1226.169
country's3 666.0726.059
reid8 1,776.2026.042
like33 7,326.8225.780
wisdom4 888.1025.257
despite5 1,110.1224.778
sea9 1,998.2224.084
warld11 2,442.2723.961
ye52 11,545.2923.951
hairt6 1,332.1522.981
across8 1,776.2022.530
fitiver4 888.1021.559
bush4 888.1021.240
spik6 1,332.1520.613
fa9 1,998.2220.489
green8 1,776.2020.146
life13 2,886.3220.093
a86 19,094.1418.896
mornins3 666.0718.812
for50 11,101.2418.801
as53 11,767.3218.381
vast3 666.0718.317
crayons2 444.0518.037
azure2 444.0518.037
awkwardness2 444.0518.037
broucht2 444.0518.037
amidst2 444.0518.037
crammed2 444.0518.037
wide5 1,110.1217.733
only11 2,442.2717.405
there's6 1,332.1517.228
lips4 888.1017.049
een13 2,886.3216.443
fae29 6,438.7216.348
wis21 4,662.5216.345
sculpted2 444.0516.319
denies2 444.0516.319
soucht2 444.0516.319
soaked2 444.0516.319
fortunes2 444.0516.319
women3 666.0716.008
sky6 1,332.1515.820
lap3 666.0715.408
fires3 666.0715.408
licht8 1,776.2015.316
it's13 2,886.3215.182
didn't2 444.0515.143
peripheral2 444.0515.143
slums2 444.0515.143
perfection2 444.0515.143
volcanic2 444.0515.143
envy2 444.0515.143
bleed3 666.0714.613
the322 71,492.0114.323
hardly4 888.1014.282
cuppie2 444.0514.243
feminine2 444.0514.243
or3 666.0714.128
these8 1,776.2013.960
by19 4,218.4713.721
vision3 666.0713.703
losin2 444.0513.514
aboon2 444.0513.514
ilky2 444.0513.514
polish3 666.0713.496
faces4 888.1013.068
glesga3 666.0712.921
bang3 666.0712.921
portraits2 444.0512.901
limits2 444.0512.901
till9 1,998.2212.775
soul3 666.0712.742
tips2 444.0512.372
boulders2 444.0512.372
tens2 444.0512.372
become4 888.1012.304
fur2 444.0512.304
closer3 666.0712.237
bit2 444.0512.085
faimily4 888.1012.039
return3 666.0711.925
slips2 444.0511.907
worship2 444.0511.907
layers2 444.0511.907
through9 1,998.2211.780
sheen3 666.0711.776
shaped2 444.0511.493
blond2 444.0511.493
bitty2 444.0511.493
drawn3 666.0711.489
dreel2 444.0511.119
edges2 444.0511.119
decline2 444.0511.119
cakes2 444.0511.119
livin4 888.1010.851
against4 888.1010.780
blanket2 444.0510.779
brakkin2 444.0510.779
passin3 666.0710.475
violence2 444.0510.466
sunset2 444.0510.466
shade2 444.0510.466
loved3 666.0710.140
yalla3 666.0710.033
mither's2 444.059.910
straicht2 444.059.910
necessary2 444.059.910
decades2 444.059.910
offer3 666.079.826
flesh3 666.079.826
country4 888.109.728
themselves2 444.059.660
habit2 444.059.660
pints2 444.059.426
marks2 444.059.205
poverty2 444.059.205
castin2 444.059.205
tiny2 444.059.205
din2 444.058.997
golden2 444.058.800
airms4 888.108.727
tries2 444.058.614
fite3 666.078.494
purpose2 444.058.436
scent2 444.058.436
taxi2 444.058.436
black5 1,110.128.429
rock3 666.078.417
nivver5 1,110.128.394
edge3 666.078.341
millions2 444.058.266
bones2 444.058.266
facin2 444.058.266
were13 2,886.328.153
turnin3 666.077.840
has7 1,554.177.815
though6 1,332.157.808
wye7 1,554.177.576
determined2 444.057.522
benefit2 444.057.390
cast3 666.077.265
boats2 444.057.263
narra2 444.057.263
grew3 666.077.206
claim2 444.057.140
forth2 444.057.140
late4 888.107.053
benefits2 444.057.021
global2 444.057.021
butter2 444.057.021
atween7 1,554.176.942
netter4 888.10nan
beyond3 666.0710.711
movement2 444.056.907
lines3 666.076.809
affen2 444.056.796
curtains2 444.056.796
files2 444.056.688
escape2 444.056.688
those3 666.076.648
driver2 444.056.584
too4 888.106.581
you2 444.056.496
spring3 666.076.444
almost2 444.056.385
already2 444.056.385
flooer2 444.056.385
them15 3,330.376.363
sun5 1,110.126.296
belly2 444.056.290
they've2 444.056.106
burnin2 444.056.019
an143 31,749.565.994
every4 888.105.960
ancient2 444.055.933
waves2 444.055.933
itsel4 888.105.929
yird3 666.075.926
is16 3,552.405.911
quine3 666.075.881
humans2 444.055.849
cairryin2 444.055.849
island2 444.055.849
train2 444.055.849
notion2 444.055.849
haar2 444.055.849
yersel4 888.105.779
struck2 444.055.768
democracy2 444.055.768
we9 1,998.225.695
aul2 444.055.689
feels2 444.055.689
born3 666.075.626
reality2 444.055.611
white4 888.105.355
instead2 444.055.318
except2 444.055.249
heughs3 666.07nan
are12 2,664.305.509
catterline3 666.07nan
grey3 666.075.195
bedroom2 444.055.181
within2 444.055.181
square2 444.055.115
oot10 2,220.255.065
freedom2 444.055.050
fear3 666.075.050
but9 1,998.225.031
weather2 444.054.987
further2 444.054.924
four2 444.054.924
be13 2,886.324.864
cover2 444.054.863
generations2 444.054.863
tae119 26,420.964.841
fleer2 444.054.745
turns3 666.074.740
trees3 666.074.707
fowk2 444.054.675
quines2 444.054.631
loss2 444.054.575
arrived2 444.054.521
glesga's2 444.05nan
oppressive2 444.05nan
if13 2,886.324.491
ireland2 444.054.467
urchins2 444.05nan
silence2 444.054.467
whether2 444.054.415
dreich2 444.054.363
information2 444.054.363
face6 1,332.154.326
birds2 444.054.312
bob2 444.054.312
again8 1,776.204.085
winter3 666.074.023
ane9 1,998.223.927
third2 444.053.806
share2 444.053.806
neck2 444.053.764
fand2 444.053.682
sandwicht2 444.05nan
such2 444.053.848
upon2 444.053.642
watched2 444.053.642
began2 444.053.488
kill2 444.053.488
wi45 9,991.123.449
people3 666.073.405
get2 444.053.345
aiberdeen2 444.053.307
noo3 666.073.294
on38 8,436.943.291
its10 2,220.253.246
interest2 444.053.204
he's2 444.053.204
see3 666.073.139
much4 888.103.076
decided2 444.053.073
city2 444.053.073
aigg2 444.05nan
colour2 444.052.979
flat2 444.052.949
his35 7,770.872.946
war7 1,554.172.926
himsel3 666.072.832
second2 444.052.802
doon5 1,110.122.799
joan's2 444.05nan
young4 888.102.771
up11 2,442.272.670
coastline2 444.05nan
media2 444.052.663
she31 6,882.772.639
bus2 444.052.637
maitter2 444.052.637
ahin2 444.052.610
aboot8 1,776.202.578
dry3 666.072.468
smile2 444.052.433
oor11 2,442.272.433
we're2 444.052.409
under2 444.052.409
mair5 1,110.122.407
iver2 444.052.385
rinnin2 444.052.292
seen6 1,332.152.277
athoot2 444.052.247
sat3 666.072.235
land2 444.052.225
wind2 444.052.225
aifter2 444.052.182
onybody2 444.052.139
there7 1,554.172.099
gan2 444.052.077
some3 666.072.063
sorry2 444.052.036
half2 444.052.016
years4 888.101.989
love2 444.051.977
world2 444.051.977
seein2 444.051.977
kent6 1,332.151.952
ain8 1,776.201.879
in82 18,206.041.876
then8 1,776.201.862
ma25 5,550.621.854
felt3 666.071.842
bricht2 444.051.809
which4 888.101.809
at22 4,884.551.803
money2 444.051.774
lost2 444.051.757
even6 1,332.151.744
eence2 444.051.739
deep2 444.051.739
tongue2 444.051.739
says5 1,110.121.637
now2 444.051.623
god2 444.051.607
cut2 444.051.576
ready2 444.051.560
state2 444.051.560
tea2 444.051.545
that's3 666.071.510
disnae2 444.051.500
high2 444.051.500
sit2 444.051.500
took3 666.071.499
cam6 1,332.151.460
ony6 1,332.151.454
got2 444.051.429
air3 666.071.368
intae11 2,442.271.365
could6 1,332.151.253
hauns2 444.051.253
broon2 444.051.228
sense2 444.051.203
because2 444.051.191
caressin2 444.05nan
aye4 888.101.182
thegither3 666.071.168
this13 2,886.321.150
afore8 1,776.201.148
north2 444.051.097
good2 444.051.086
ither3 666.071.028
twaa-year-aul2 444.05nan
mony4 888.101.018
time11 2,442.271.012
days4 888.101.012
free2 444.050.958
kind2 444.050.928
hame2 444.050.895
mither4 888.100.887
had4 888.100.847
me11 2,442.270.845
first6 1,332.150.841
same4 888.100.837
enough2 444.050.816
nicht2 444.050.812
ah-hin2 444.05nan
did2 444.050.768
fit3 666.070.738
think2 444.050.731
still5 1,110.120.725
sure2 444.050.715
aff4 888.100.707
auld4 888.100.704
makkin2 444.050.699
fell2 444.050.683
deid2 444.050.676
foo2 444.050.660
front2 444.050.638
micht2 444.050.616
man3 666.070.585
day11 2,442.270.584
street2 444.050.554
mak5 1,110.120.528
wife2 444.050.515
heid3 666.070.480
words2 444.050.427
her20 4,440.500.424
anither2 444.050.390
haud2 444.050.384
bed2 444.050.374
keep3 666.070.362
will5 1,110.120.362
he36 7,992.900.304
well2 444.050.299
really2 444.050.261
masel2 444.050.261
fine2 444.050.233
tell2 444.050.231
wad6 1,332.150.222
can8 1,776.200.193
made4 888.100.187
last3 666.070.187
they16 3,552.400.133
us5 1,110.120.129
whizzin2 444.05nan
tak3 666.070.125
sae8 1,776.200.118
ower9 1,998.220.112
men2 444.050.106
roon3 666.070.094
him13 2,886.320.088
rain2 444.050.078
feel2 444.050.073
haun2 444.050.059
left2 444.050.057
ravages2 444.05nan
nae12 2,664.300.055
awa6 1,332.150.053
to6 1,332.150.049
how2 444.050.042
sic2 444.050.038
gie3 666.070.036
wee10 2,220.250.033
let2 444.050.030
mind3 666.070.024
richt6 1,332.150.012
jist7 1,554.170.009
want2 444.050.008
that45 9,991.120.006
hershness2 444.05nan
ah25 5,550.620.011
been8 1,776.200.004
door3 666.070.004
back9 1,998.220.003
say4 888.100.002
hid6 1,332.150.001
bein3 666.070.001
eardley's2 444.05nan