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Ratter, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,420
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 605
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.347
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, o, he, an, his, a, wis, tae, john, him,

List of texts in corpus

Da Perishin Nort
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (1,420 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
da90 63,380.28419.075
john21 14,788.73121.284
dat17 11,971.8395.366
ring11 7,746.4888.606
crew8 5,633.8069.685
his40 28,169.0165.057
skipper6 4,225.3564.054
hit14 9,859.1559.917
arctic5 3,521.1357.625
energy6 4,225.3551.163
lik12 8,450.7047.532
he42 29,577.4644.399
peerie7 4,929.5835.320
bluish3 2,112.6832.868
blue7 4,929.5832.449
hits5 3,521.1332.253
beard4 2,816.9028.245
john's3 2,112.6828.152
corpse3 2,112.6828.152
him18 12,676.0628.090
snaa4 2,816.9028.001
joost4 2,816.9026.480
voice6 4,225.3526.064
raeson3 2,112.6825.575
nort3 2,112.6825.575
wis36 25,352.1123.097
smacked2 1,408.4522.578
faeder2 1,408.4520.854
frosty3 2,112.6819.957
sprootin2 1,408.4519.672
gazed2 1,408.4519.672
water4 2,816.9019.625
ice4 2,816.9018.860
arose2 1,408.4518.767
pebble2 1,408.4518.767
grinned2 1,408.4518.767
roosty2 1,408.4518.032
meggie'5 3,521.13nan
echoed2 1,408.4518.032
meerie6 4,225.35nan
waukened2 1,408.4518.032
dark4 2,816.9017.779
sorrow2 1,408.4517.413
satisfaction2 1,408.4517.413
coulda2 1,408.4517.413
had10 7,042.2517.174
underneath2 1,408.4516.878
ship3 2,112.6816.560
ragged2 1,408.4516.408
smack2 1,408.4516.408
screams2 1,408.4515.262
wirld2 1,408.4515.262
deck2 1,408.4514.943
craa2 1,408.4514.943
meenits3 2,112.6814.839
port2 1,408.4514.649
head3 2,112.6814.519
began3 2,112.6814.290
hated2 1,408.4514.120
wid8 5,633.8013.481
haand2 1,408.4513.440
trow3 2,112.6813.208
deeper2 1,408.4513.044
grund3 2,112.6812.794
swung2 1,408.4512.686
athin3 2,112.6812.409
sail2 1,408.4512.358
freezin2 1,408.4512.358
whar3 2,112.6812.200
roared2 1,408.4511.774
icy2 1,408.4511.642
pool2 1,408.4511.513
geen2 1,408.4511.513
mind6 4,225.3511.145
stood3 2,112.6810.813
dey4 2,816.9010.738
whaar2 1,408.4510.328
gret2 1,408.4510.328
starin2 1,408.459.730
except2 1,408.459.576
afore7 4,929.589.569
den2 1,408.459.501
fir5 3,521.139.293
finger2 1,408.458.763
boys2 1,408.458.098
intae8 5,633.807.966
noticed2 1,408.457.950
somethin3 2,112.687.701
pick2 1,408.457.091
colour2 1,408.457.091
hand2 1,408.456.662
fae10 7,042.256.538
dir2 1,408.456.466
under2 1,408.456.076
deep2 1,408.455.436
cut2 1,408.455.299
o42 29,577.465.045
too2 1,408.454.825
night2 1,408.454.806
glowed2 1,408.45nan
whin2 1,408.454.568
sea2 1,408.454.380
story2 1,408.454.331
white2 1,408.454.098
black2 1,408.454.068
face3 2,112.684.008
fell2 1,408.453.868
foo2 1,408.453.854
hair2 1,408.453.720
aff5 3,521.133.615
nim2 1,408.45nan
dis3 2,112.683.594
should2 1,408.453.353
didna3 2,112.683.092
man4 2,816.903.080
telt3 2,112.683.079
as14 9,859.152.821
nev2 1,408.45nan
upa2 1,408.45nan
watter2 1,408.452.660
right2 1,408.452.370
side2 1,408.452.054
haed3 2,112.682.001
or2 1,408.451.881
set2 1,408.451.755
far2 1,408.451.611
it12 8,450.701.541
skarvald2 1,408.45nan
was3 2,112.681.520
last2 1,408.451.502
oot9 6,338.031.334
in17 11,971.831.314
wir2 1,408.451.231
and13 9,154.931.163
life2 1,408.451.109
efter3 2,112.680.995
but8 5,633.800.941
its3 2,112.680.879
still2 1,408.450.700
aa4 2,816.900.618
cam2 1,408.450.564
auld3 2,112.680.556
at7 4,929.580.528
could2 1,408.450.496
some3 2,112.680.463
come2 1,408.450.447
an40 28,169.010.434
doon2 1,408.450.427
muckle2 1,408.450.402
back4 2,816.900.364
ower4 2,816.900.202
lang2 1,408.450.199
been2 1,408.450.158
aboot5 3,521.130.140
when2 1,408.450.121
garbed2 1,408.45nan
were2 1,408.450.077
tae29 20,422.540.065
a40 28,169.010.064
on8 5,633.800.062
noo2 1,408.450.040
up5 3,521.130.036
wi10 7,042.250.032
if2 1,408.450.014
twa2 1,408.450.006
be7 4,929.580.003
said2 1,408.450.002
of2 1,408.450.000