Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Burgess, Wilson

Punctuation analysis - Comparative word frequency analysis

Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 5,339
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,621
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.294
Tagged as WUL (West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, ah, in, an', o', hae, an, mae,

List of texts in corpus

Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems
Scots Language Centre (2007-12-06) in Ulster (L'Derry) dialect, categorised as poetry (5,339 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	267	5000.94
a	182	3408.88
tae	156	2921.9
ah	96	1798.09
in	91	1704.44
an'	82	1535.87
o'	77	1442.22
hae	76	1423.49
an	59	1105.08
mae	56	1048.89
yae	51	955.24
haes	51	955.24
it	47	880.31
on	46	861.58
that	39	730.47
fir	37	693.01
he	35	655.55
man	33	618.09
for	32	599.36
but	32	599.36
is	32	599.36
they	32	599.36
bae	31	580.63
noo	30	561.9
we	30	561.9
yir	28	524.44
at	28	524.44
wiz	27	505.71
wee	25	468.25
hir	25	468.25
wae	25	468.25
al'	24	449.52
as	22	412.06
me	22	412.06
this	21	393.33
frae	21	393.33
nivir	21	393.33
she	21	393.33
oot	20	374.6
dae	20	374.6
whin	19	355.87
ye	18	337.14
aboot	18	337.14
doon	18	337.14
sae	18	337.14
up	17	318.41
jist	17	318.41
no	17	318.41
got	17	318.41
time	16	299.68
oor	16	299.68
nae	16	299.68
him	16	299.68
think	15	280.95
still	15	280.95
so	15	280.95
see	15	280.95
be	15	280.95
whit	14	262.22
had	14	262.22
if	14	262.22
go	14	262.22
ah'm	14	262.22
wir	14	262.22
life	14	262.22
wi'	13	243.49
thir	13	243.49
come	13	243.49
big	12	224.76
its	12	224.76
ah'll	12	224.76
-	12	224.76
agaen	12	224.76
know	12	224.76
or	12	224.76
a'	11	206.03
bit	11	206.03
wis	11	206.03
day	11	206.03
wid	11	206.03
git	10	187.3
that's	10	187.3
he'll	10	187.3
will	10	187.3
tell	10	187.3
yin	10	187.3
can	9	168.57
say	9	168.57
men	9	168.57
some	9	168.57
tak'	9	168.57
burnquarter	9	168.57
guid	9	168.57
sam	9	168.57
owl	9	168.57
han'	8	149.84
th'	8	149.84
bak'	8	149.84
sure	8	149.84
worl'	8	149.84
bother	8	149.84
there	8	149.84
hear	8	149.84
sit	8	149.84
when	8	149.84
it's	8	149.84
are	8	149.84
them	8	149.84
gie	8	149.84
hame	7	131.11
what	7	131.11
lang	7	131.11
nicht	7	131.11
luk	7	131.11
laik	7	131.11
lik'	7	131.11
left	7	131.11
aye	7	131.11
says	7	131.11
happy	7	131.11
boys	7	131.11
place	7	131.11
years	7	131.11
far	7	131.11
mony	7	131.11
oul	7	131.11
schule	7	131.11
his	7	131.11
shud	6	112.38
want	6	112.38
days	6	112.38
shure	6	112.38
lint	6	112.38
made	6	112.38
oul'	6	112.38
ca'n	6	112.38
money	6	112.38
aff	6	112.38
yisterdays	6	112.38
och	6	112.38
yaes	6	112.38
toon	6	112.38
ploughman	6	112.38
free	6	112.38
baen	6	112.38
did	6	112.38
ulster	6	112.38
gae	5	93.65
hard	5	93.65
rin	5	93.65
get	5	93.65
quare	5	93.65
poor	5	93.65
ah'd	5	93.65
met	5	93.65
tuk	5	93.65
mair	5	93.65
roon	5	93.65
then	5	93.65
ah'	5	93.65
thocht	5	93.65
seen	5	93.65
her	5	93.65
car	5	93.65
wullie	5	93.65
best	5	93.65
robby	5	93.65
rain	5	93.65
efter	5	93.65
cannae	5	93.65
same	5	93.65
whir	5	93.65
half	5	93.65
gaen	5	93.65
anither	5	93.65
sen'	5	93.65
micht	5	93.65
net	5	93.65
set	5	93.65
yae'll	5	93.65
he'd	5	93.65
wi	5	93.65
through	4	74.92
keep	4	74.92
peace	4	74.92
twa	4	74.92
comfort	4	74.92
air	4	74.92
lan'	4	74.92
here	4	74.92
healy	4	74.92
caul	4	74.92
seems	4	74.92
work	4	74.92
new	4	74.92
last	4	74.92
ir	4	74.92
ivery	4	74.92
thon	4	74.92
only	4	74.92
pulled	4	74.92
soon	4	74.92
ahoghill	4	74.92
thit	4	74.92
iver	4	74.92
stooks	4	74.92
dinnae	4	74.92
cud	4	74.92
summer	4	74.92
face	4	74.92
mill	4	74.92
thim	4	74.92
al'wiz	4	74.92
folk	4	74.92
tay	4	74.92
thru'	4	74.92
very	4	74.92
maybe	4	74.92
you	4	74.92
ithers	4	74.92
heid	4	74.92
coo	4	74.92
we'll	4	74.92
show	4	74.92
and	4	74.92
ither	4	74.92
smile	4	74.92
yit	4	74.92
engineer	4	74.92
fair	4	74.92
kilrea	4	74.92
richt	4	74.92
rich	4	74.92
luked	4	74.92
lot	4	74.92
ullans	4	74.92
heart	4	74.92
better	4	74.92
lukin'	4	74.92
though	4	74.92
ah'il	4	74.92
cum	4	74.92
wak'ed	3	56.19
changed	3	56.19
well	3	56.19
stan'	3	56.19
bate	3	56.19
bocht	3	56.19
let	3	56.19
ower	3	56.19
ate	3	56.19
went	3	56.19
coorse	3	56.19
stap	3	56.19
street	3	56.19
twenty	3	56.19
viry	3	56.19
wet	3	56.19
afore	3	56.19
since	3	56.19
salmon	3	56.19
feelin'	3	56.19
wife	3	56.19
near	3	56.19
al	3	56.19
why	3	56.19
jobs	3	56.19
horses	3	56.19
thirs	3	56.19
they'll	3	56.19
sittin	3	56.19
mak's	3	56.19
fast	3	56.19
times	3	56.19
loast	3	56.19
lay	3	56.19
away	3	56.19
nancy	3	56.19
en'	3	56.19
proud	3	56.19
gaun	3	56.19
battle	3	56.19
setterday	3	56.19
than	3	56.19
mester	3	56.19
worked	3	56.19
reached	3	56.19
he's	3	56.19
must	3	56.19
bottle	3	56.19
shooer	3	56.19
nixt	3	56.19
drink	3	56.19
six	3	56.19
turnips	3	56.19
ye'll	3	56.19
caen	3	56.19
foreign	3	56.19
naethin'	3	56.19
niver	3	56.19
gether	3	56.19
eccent	3	56.19
dream	3	56.19
hardly	3	56.19
name	3	56.19
young	3	56.19
were	3	56.19
o	3	56.19
done	3	56.19
maun	3	56.19
way	3	56.19
fear	3	56.19
road	3	56.19
need	3	56.19
wanted	3	56.19
drap	3	56.19
polis	3	56.19
fermer	3	56.19
mars	3	56.19
davy	3	56.19
places	3	56.19
focht	3	56.19
they'd	3	56.19
united	3	56.19
withoot	3	56.19
ulstermen	3	56.19
said	3	56.19
spring	3	56.19
bricht	2	37.46
wunter	2	37.46
ir'	2	37.46
mad	2	37.46
doze	2	37.46
there's	2	37.46
fin	2	37.46
wish	2	37.46
chair	2	37.46
bin	2	37.46
fal'	2	37.46
sense	2	37.46
power	2	37.46
gettin'	2	37.46
yins	2	37.46
ill	2	37.46
george	2	37.46
caan	2	37.46
lotto	2	37.46
computer	2	37.46
weel	2	37.46
meet	2	37.46
feelin	2	37.46
larnin	2	37.46
e-mail	2	37.46
smert	2	37.46
three	2	37.46
good	2	37.46
al'wis	2	37.46
banks	2	37.46
bi'	2	37.46
whaur	2	37.46
bann	2	37.46
blame	2	37.46
evenins'	2	37.46
a'l	2	37.46
spin	2	37.46
som'	2	37.46
maesel'	2	37.46
takin'	2	37.46
miles	2	37.46
loud	2	37.46
scots	2	37.46
called	2	37.46
faith	2	37.46
never	2	37.46
cutty	2	37.46
proddysins	2	37.46
coulrain'	2	37.46
disnae	2	37.46
bridge	2	37.46
rivers	2	37.46
ah''ll	2	37.46
wil	2	37.46
while	2	37.46
stay	2	37.46
much	2	37.46
wilcome	2	37.46
cathlics	2	37.46
readin'	2	37.46
global	2	37.46
warmin'	2	37.46
pass	2	37.46
use	2	37.46
stert	2	37.46
erms	2	37.46
mony'	2	37.46
blue	2	37.46
natur's	2	37.46
kept	2	37.46
whiriver	2	37.46
weemin	2	37.46
aks	2	37.46
peaceful	2	37.46
shooder	2	37.46
brithers	2	37.46
more	2	37.46
human	2	37.46
comes	2	37.46
himsel'	2	37.46
green	2	37.46
trate	2	37.46
nane	2	37.46
too	2	37.46
country	2	37.46
lovely	2	37.46
cal'd	2	37.46
agivey	2	37.46
carnroe	2	37.46
bush	2	37.46
gone	2	37.46
getting	2	37.46
try	2	37.46
gless	2	37.46
night	2	37.46
earth	2	37.46
ivir	2	37.46
lived	2	37.46
grate	2	37.46
settled	2	37.46
'	2	37.46
lock	2	37.46
fish	2	37.46
bailiff	2	37.46
cowl	2	37.46
we're	2	37.46
stuck-up	2	37.46
mither	2	37.46
instead	2	37.46
ermchair	2	37.46
motor	2	37.46
wullies's	2	37.46
gled	2	37.46
bike	2	37.46
unless	2	37.46
bowl	2	37.46
tak	2	37.46
tryin'	2	37.46
strife	2	37.46
n'	2	37.46
coort	2	37.46
begin	2	37.46
wint	2	37.46
nighbours	2	37.46
daein'	2	37.46
water	2	37.46
hunters	2	37.46
no'	2	37.46
words	2	37.46
bride	2	37.46
throw	2	37.46
fecht	2	37.46
plan	2	37.46
caught	2	37.46
truth	2	37.46
sits	2	37.46
thinkin'	2	37.46
these	2	37.46
minute	2	37.46
whiniver	2	37.46
ain	2	37.46
ony	2	37.46
cheer	2	37.46
howl	2	37.46
how	2	37.46
bad	2	37.46
naethin	2	37.46
like	2	37.46
been	2	37.46
al'ways	2	37.46
female	2	37.46
voice	2	37.46
polisman	2	37.46
busy	2	37.46
suspicious	2	37.46
eleventh	2	37.46
bellamaina	2	37.46
wiznae	2	37.46
eyes	2	37.46
awa	2	37.46
moss	2	37.46
workin'	2	37.46
notion	2	37.46
land	2	37.46
mist	2	37.46
blondie	2	37.46
hair	2	37.46
bleached	2	37.46
dark	2	37.46
fin'	2	37.46
she'll	2	37.46
searched	2	37.46
each	2	37.46
hale	2	37.46
live	2	37.46
first	2	37.46
knowledge	2	37.46
care	2	37.46
somethin'	2	37.46
bigger	2	37.46
lake	2	37.46
fine	2	37.46
play	2	37.46
wud	2	37.46
thru	2	37.46
scene	2	37.46
ten	2	37.46
behin'	2	37.46
line	2	37.46
king	2	37.46
mak'	2	37.46
larnt	2	37.46
lesson	2	37.46
past	2	37.46
dreech	2	37.46
sneddin	2	37.46
age	2	37.46
wiy	2	37.46
tells	2	37.46
min'	2	37.46
who	2	37.46
trick	2	37.46
pit	2	37.46
fiel	2	37.46
warmer	2	37.46
stuff	2	37.46
naebody	2	37.46
pain	2	37.46
steady	2	37.46
snow	2	37.46
fly	2	37.46
trade	2	37.46
thole	2	37.46
feet	2	37.46
numb	2	37.46
pull	2	37.46
han's	2	37.46
plough	2	37.46
frienly	2	37.46
boy	2	37.46
before	2	37.46
toil	2	37.46
enuch	2	37.46
yisterday	2	37.46
lik	2	37.46
content	2	37.46
praties	2	37.46
diamon	2	37.46
lukin	2	37.46
unner	2	37.46
oxter	2	37.46
came	2	37.46
grow	2	37.46
wunters	2	37.46
en'o	2	37.46
ax'ed	2	37.46
coul'	2	37.46
ye'd	2	37.46
aften	2	37.46
plant	2	37.46
sore	2	37.46
drappin'	2	37.46
intae	2	37.46
af	2	37.46
hadnae	2	37.46
maesel	2	37.46
my	2	37.46
ash	2	37.46
started	2	37.46