Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cormack, Kevin

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,520
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,964
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.301
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, o, in, tae, i, me, oan, like,

List of texts in corpus

Toonie Void
Abersee Press (2022-09-01 ) in Orkney dialect, categorised as poetry (3,533 words)
Swiet Haar
Abersee Press (2022-01-24 ) in Orkney dialect, categorised as poetry (987 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	348	7699.12
a	128	2831.86
an	126	2787.61
o	113	2500
in	86	1902.65
tae	84	1858.41
i	63	1393.81
me	40	884.96
oan	39	862.83
like	34	752.21
he	31	685.84
his	30	663.72
oot	29	641.59
as	26	575.22
doon	25	553.1
wae	25	553.1
hid	23	508.85
no	23	508.85
back	23	508.85
wur	22	486.73
up	22	486.73
intae	21	464.6
ye	19	420.35
aal	19	420.35
yir	19	420.35
owld	18	398.23
wis	17	376.11
is	17	376.11
fae	17	376.11
at	16	353.98
we	15	331.86
whit	15	331.86
fur	14	309.73
be	14	309.73
this	14	309.73
or	14	309.73
aboot	13	287.61
that	13	287.61
mind	13	287.61
wan	12	265.49
through	12	265.49
bit	11	243.36
noo	11	243.36
us	11	243.36
above	11	243.36
afore	10	221.24
face	10	221.24
could	10	221.24
come	9	199.12
whar	9	199.12
bae	9	199.12
sand	9	199.12
time	9	199.12
so	9	199.12
ower	9	199.12
jist	8	176.99
awey	8	176.99
thir	7	154.87
tak	7	154.87
off	7	154.87
he's	7	154.87
him	7	154.87
there	7	154.87
some	7	154.87
hoose	7	154.87
thing	7	154.87
when	6	132.74
rain	6	132.74
and	6	132.74
again	6	132.74
island	6	132.74
sea	6	132.74
fock	6	132.74
blue	6	132.74
if	6	132.74
you	6	132.74
young	6	132.74
under	6	132.74
man	6	132.74
wid	6	132.74
hands	6	132.74
hid's	6	132.74
yer	6	132.74
tell	5	110.62
see	5	110.62
ga	5	110.62
im	5	110.62
hoo	5	110.62
lost	5	110.62
black	5	110.62
half	5	110.62
boxes	5	110.62
death	5	110.62
hert	5	110.62
dwam	5	110.62
beach	5	110.62
last	5	110.62
first	5	110.62
they	5	110.62
gret	5	110.62
twaard	5	110.62
by	5	110.62
her	5	110.62
day	5	110.62
ither	5	110.62
window	5	110.62
place	5	110.62
lamplight	5	110.62
against	5	110.62
hids	5	110.62
empty	5	110.62
bairns	5	110.62
say	5	110.62
plastic	4	88.5
dances	4	88.5
danced	4	88.5
dream	4	88.5
am	4	88.5
peedie	4	88.5
he'll	4	88.5
who	4	88.5
dog	4	88.5
guit-er	4	88.5
hand	4	88.5
draaeen	4	88.5
fer	4	88.5
end	4	88.5
paper	4	88.5
watter	4	88.5
yit	4	88.5
said	4	88.5
power	4	88.5
buried	4	88.5
name	4	88.5
sheu	4	88.5
twin	4	88.5
twa	4	88.5
anunder	4	88.5
nutheen	4	88.5
clettering	4	88.5
too	4	88.5
industrial	4	88.5
deid	4	88.5
else	4	88.5
eyes	4	88.5
for	4	88.5
nivver	4	88.5
film	4	88.5
still	4	88.5
more	3	66.37
best	3	66.37
git	3	66.37
later	3	66.37
click-clack	3	66.37
bully	3	66.37
ahint	3	66.37
steps	3	66.37
ootside	3	66.37
address	3	66.37
wind	3	66.37
hair	3	66.37
bring	3	66.37
focks'	3	66.37
coorse	3	66.37
err	3	66.37
bad	3	66.37
grip	3	66.37
kirkwall	3	66.37
dial	3	66.37
of	3	66.37
himsael	3	66.37
long	3	66.37
night	3	66.37
gott	3	66.37
table	3	66.37
might	3	66.37
door	3	66.37
drew	3	66.37
white	3	66.37
wave	3	66.37
rings	3	66.37
gress	3	66.37
stairs	3	66.37
bell	3	66.37
efter	3	66.37
keys	3	66.37
than	3	66.37
boy	3	66.37
wisna	3	66.37
much	3	66.37
gaan	3	66.37
then	3	66.37
café	3	66.37
starin	3	66.37
thum	3	66.37
words	3	66.37
rest	3	66.37
return	3	66.37
darkness	3	66.37
wey	3	66.37
amongst	3	66.37
silent	3	66.37
across	3	66.37
concrete	3	66.37
gaerdeen	3	66.37
kin	3	66.37
sight	3	66.37
feet	3	66.37
kirk	3	66.37
brain	3	66.37
darkened	3	66.37
things	3	66.37
hiv	3	66.37
mosst	3	66.37
wife	3	66.37
widden	3	66.37
gittan	3	66.37
enough	3	66.37
ker	3	66.37
these	3	66.37
t'waard	3	66.37
same	3	66.37
luk	3	66.37
endless	3	66.37
past	3	66.37
man's	3	66.37
song	3	66.37
each	3	66.37
eggs	3	66.37
abandoned	3	66.37
doot	3	66.37
god	3	66.37
dance	3	66.37
aalwis	3	66.37
done	3	66.37
every	3	66.37
aye-aye	3	66.37
anither	3	66.37
raileens	3	66.37
ba	3	66.37
shop	3	66.37
reach	2	44.25
bars	2	44.25
blackened	2	44.25
asleep	2	44.25
frames	2	44.25
stands	2	44.25
shops	2	44.25
cross	2	44.25
mindeen	2	44.25
green	2	44.25
lens	2	44.25
canada	2	44.25
scratch	2	44.25
home	2	44.25
shadow	2	44.25
hill	2	44.25
here	2	44.25
ear	2	44.25
closs	2	44.25
within	2	44.25
nix	2	44.25
brither	2	44.25
ah'm	2	44.25
function	2	44.25
sleep	2	44.25
that's	2	44.25
invisible	2	44.25
phone	2	44.25
depth	2	44.25
spiral	2	44.25
breathan	2	44.25
while	2	44.25
takan	2	44.25
ahtween	2	44.25
ditch	2	44.25
soft	2	44.25
cowld	2	44.25
chips	2	44.25
hin	2	44.25
thumsaels	2	44.25
skroo	2	44.25
driveway	2	44.25
instrument	2	44.25
camera	2	44.25
shoppeen	2	44.25
withoot	2	44.25
scooter	2	44.25
turn	2	44.25
such	2	44.25
dreams	2	44.25
weekend	2	44.25
shutters	2	44.25
frame	2	44.25
beneath	2	44.25
comfortable	2	44.25
used	2	44.25
sandier	2	44.25
blood	2	44.25
notts	2	44.25
to	2	44.25
wir	2	44.25
wires	2	44.25
hung	2	44.25
catch	2	44.25
keeked	2	44.25
nor	2	44.25
instead	2	44.25
fund	2	44.25
aalready	2	44.25
lum	2	44.25
skirteen	2	44.25
noise	2	44.25
waves	2	44.25
bairn	2	44.25
ghawst	2	44.25
anymore	2	44.25
swept	2	44.25
bunker	2	44.25
dark	2	44.25
foosty	2	44.25
work	2	44.25
inland	2	44.25
booth	2	44.25
whole	2	44.25
stuck	2	44.25
bubblan	2	44.25
flickeran	2	44.25
bite	2	44.25
lights	2	44.25
doors	2	44.25
hollered	2	44.25
alien	2	44.25
anything	2	44.25
oors	2	44.25
days	2	44.25
years	2	44.25
bliind	2	44.25
world	2	44.25
four	2	44.25
blank	2	44.25
blink	2	44.25
uncle	2	44.25
eye	2	44.25
pal	2	44.25
bubble	2	44.25
speech	2	44.25
seemed	2	44.25
waal	2	44.25
welcomed	2	44.25
cork-filled	2	44.25
lupins	2	44.25
leather-bound	2	44.25
smiles	2	44.25
played	2	44.25
studio	2	44.25
barely	2	44.25
since	2	44.25
created	2	44.25
pier	2	44.25
driven	2	44.25
belly	2	44.25
bowt	2	44.25
teenage	2	44.25
immortality	2	44.25
knotted	2	44.25
baest	2	44.25
oil	2	44.25
edge	2	44.25
light	2	44.25
below	2	44.25
he'd	2	44.25
dae	2	44.25
green-nilded	2	44.25
stryte	2	44.25
diggan	2	44.25
dirt	2	44.25
drum	2	44.25
silver	2	44.25
hingan	2	44.25
hooses	2	44.25
holes	2	44.25
are	2	44.25
planted	2	44.25
mak	2	44.25
side	2	44.25
faalan	2	44.25
love	2	44.25
pareesh	2	44.25
road	2	44.25
gutter	2	44.25
huge	2	44.25
weel	2	44.25
laid	2	44.25
none	2	44.25
will	2	44.25
secret	2	44.25
scratchan	2	44.25
ferawey	2	44.25
noah	2	44.25
very	2	44.25
new	2	44.25
mirrland	2	44.25
dry	2	44.25
screwed-up	2	44.25
palaces	2	44.25
whose	2	44.25
mooth	2	44.25
prayers	2	44.25
pierceens	2	44.25
clamber	2	44.25
fields	2	44.25
tune	2	44.25
's	2	44.25
couldna	2	44.25
private	2	44.25
oun	2	44.25
wait	2	44.25
pocket	2	44.25
drink	2	44.25
go	2	44.25
handless	2	44.25
apaert	2	44.25
whit's	2	44.25
rookle	2	44.25
murder	2	44.25
dumb	2	44.25
bobbin	2	44.25
saalt	2	44.25
homeward	2	44.25
mean	2	44.25
touch	2	44.25
prayer	2	44.25
sister	2	44.25
bound	2	44.25
mirror	2	44.25
nearby	2	44.25
moon	2	44.25
shape	2	44.25
baals	2	44.25
forgotten	2	44.25
tracks	2	44.25
cloud	2	44.25
stick	2	44.25
names	2	44.25
pale	2	44.25
kinna	2	44.25
shadows	2	44.25
conductor	2	44.25
metter	2	44.25
visitors	2	44.25
mainland	2	44.25
credence	2	44.25
hoisted	2	44.25
top	2	44.25
snooker	2	44.25
aroond	2	44.25
inside	2	44.25
radio	2	44.25
roond	2	44.25
berr	2	44.25
waited	2	44.25
second	2	44.25
sits	2	44.25
kers	2	44.25
lukan	2	44.25
clocked	2	44.25
poor	2	44.25
lightly	2	44.25
thur	2	44.25
onset	2	44.25
wupped	2	44.25
near	2	44.25
yirsael	2	44.25
bed	2	44.25
wakked	2	44.25
gratitude	2	44.25
until	2	44.25
flight	2	44.25
singer	2	44.25
greasy	2	44.25
lighter	2	44.25
cut	2	44.25
waste	2	44.25
pit	2	44.25
station	2	44.25
dawn't	2	44.25
feel	2	44.25
heed	2	44.25
final	2	44.25
toon	2	44.25
oblivious	2	44.25
grandfither's	2	44.25
greetan	2	44.25
spoon	2	44.25
waanted	2	44.25
climban	2	44.25
sometheen	2	44.25