Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Thom, Bill

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,800
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 760
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.684
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, a, thi, he, tae, his, wis, o, ye, nick,

List of texts in corpus

The Quait Chiel
Tapsalteerie (2013-09-09 ) in Doric (Banff) dialect, categorised as poetry (2,800 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
an	114	4071.43
a	110	3928.57
thi	96	3428.57
he	60	2142.86
tae	59	2107.14
his	42	1500
wis	42	1500
o	41	1464.29
ye	39	1392.86
nick	36	1285.71
bit	35	1250
it	28	1000
noo	28	1000
in	26	928.57
they	26	928.57
yer	24	857.14
for	24	857.14
aat	23	821.43
wull	22	785.71
wi	22	785.71
nae	22	785.71
so	21	750
them	21	750
eis	19	678.57
aa	18	642.86
ma	18	642.86
baith	17	607.14
on	17	607.14
then	17	607.14
a'll	17	607.14
doon	17	607.14
wullie	16	571.43
up	16	571.43
ye'll	15	535.71
like	15	535.71
richt	15	535.71
fit	15	535.71
as	13	464.29
their	13	464.29
her	13	464.29
aul	13	464.29
fan	13	464.29
thocht	13	464.29
see	12	428.57
een	12	428.57
oot	12	428.57
played	12	428.57
roon	12	428.57
nick's	11	392.86
he'd	11	392.86
him	11	392.86
syne	11	392.86
here	11	392.86
dance	11	392.86
afore	11	392.86
fae	11	392.86
said	11	392.86
cam	10	357.14
at	10	357.14
geed	10	357.14
me	10	357.14
fair	10	357.14
wee	9	321.43
were	9	321.43
come	9	321.43
kent	9	321.43
affa	9	321.43
nivir	9	321.43
wife	9	321.43
aboot	9	321.43
wid	9	321.43
hid	9	321.43
sicht	9	321.43
man	8	285.71
they'd	8	285.71
sure	8	285.71
twa	8	285.71
nicht	8	285.71
is	8	285.71
muckle	8	285.71
pipe	7	250
bi	7	250
throu	7	250
look	7	250
far	7	250
win	7	250
dee	7	250
teen	7	250
min	7	250
a'm	7	250
she	7	250
jock	7	250
heed	7	250
mair	7	250
takk	7	250
bet	6	214.29
hame	6	214.29
beat	6	214.29
neen	6	214.29
sic	6	214.29
lang	6	214.29
wir	6	214.29
if	6	214.29
am	6	214.29
aye	6	214.29
get	6	214.29
thing	6	214.29
seen	6	214.29
feet	5	178.57
fairly	5	178.57
hell	5	178.57
poem	5	178.57
be	5	178.57
soon	5	178.57
fowk	5	178.57
hooves	4	142.86
back	4	142.86
o'er	4	142.86
makk	4	142.86
licht	4	142.86
didna	4	142.86
jist	4	142.86
himsel	4	142.86
tell	4	142.86
eyn	4	142.86
abeen	4	142.86
likk	4	142.86
av	4	142.86
gaan	4	142.86
deen	4	142.86
we	4	142.86
bonnie	4	142.86
couldna	4	142.86
place	4	142.86
ye's	4	142.86
viry	4	142.86
stood	4	142.86
will	4	142.86
tune	3	107.14
fa	3	107.14
there	3	107.14
aat's	3	107.14
it's	3	107.14
souls	3	107.14
faist	3	107.14
a've	3	107.14
micht	3	107.14
lair	3	107.14
filled	3	107.14
did	3	107.14
men	3	107.14
play	3	107.14
feirt	3	107.14
stairt	3	107.14
hae	3	107.14
sittin	3	107.14
hiv	3	107.14
geein	3	107.14
steen	3	107.14
div	3	107.14
looked	3	107.14
chiel	3	107.14
blew	3	107.14
boo	3	107.14
final	3	107.14
han	3	107.14
stare	3	107.14
ken	3	107.14
heard	3	107.14
gee	3	107.14
think	3	107.14
apon	3	107.14
bag	3	107.14
gave	3	107.14
game	3	107.14
fires	3	107.14
moo	3	107.14
time	3	107.14
wye	3	107.14
mile	3	107.14
deed	3	107.14
made	3	107.14
gang	3	107.14
dunt	3	107.14
done	3	107.14
that	3	107.14
fate	3	107.14
we'll	3	107.14
seal	3	107.14
go	3	107.14
show	3	107.14
fear	3	107.14
anithir	3	107.14
intae	3	107.14
hans	3	107.14
ca'd	2	71.43
moon	2	71.43
tale	2	71.43
hear	2	71.43
been	2	71.43
dark	2	71.43
again	2	71.43
ye've	2	71.43
leave	2	71.43
fiddlers	2	71.43
are	2	71.43
jock's	2	71.43
pulled	2	71.43
free	2	71.43
tunes	2	71.43
ain	2	71.43
stottin	2	71.43
torment	2	71.43
piper	2	71.43
kin	2	71.43
g'wa	2	71.43
jig	2	71.43
reel	2	71.43
here's	2	71.43
day	2	71.43
mine	2	71.43
one	2	71.43
demon	2	71.43
hard	2	71.43
tho	2	71.43
high	2	71.43
set	2	71.43
darkness	2	71.43
drinks	2	71.43
they're	2	71.43
watch	2	71.43
pipes	2	71.43
turn	2	71.43
chiels	2	71.43
lead	2	71.43
can	2	71.43
prince	2	71.43
grin	2	71.43
quite	2	71.43
breath	2	71.43
laist	2	71.43
truth	2	71.43
reed	2	71.43
pathie	2	71.43
return	2	71.43
huddin	2	71.43
fou	2	71.43
ye'd	2	71.43
fiddles	2	71.43
soul	2	71.43
drones	2	71.43
mannie	2	71.43
roch	2	71.43
some	2	71.43
burn	2	71.43
three	2	71.43
stopped	2	71.43
say	2	71.43
trams	2	71.43
drew	2	71.43
thochts	2	71.43
sheen	2	71.43
eneuch	2	71.43
wisna	2	71.43
good	2	71.43
pair	2	71.43
quait	2	71.43
sook	2	71.43
secret	2	71.43
hair	2	71.43
seat	2	71.43
aff	2	71.43
loon	2	71.43
awa	2	71.43
ivir	2	71.43
michty	2	71.43
fore	2	71.43
fun	2	71.43
blawin	2	71.43
room	2	71.43
better	2	71.43
oor	2	71.43
door	2	71.43
screamin	2	71.43
tee	2	71.43
big	2	71.43
bleed	2	71.43
crashin	2	71.43
skill	2	71.43
fingers	2	71.43
feirst	2	71.43
felt	2	71.43
winna	2	71.43
chin	2	71.43
grun	2	71.43
speirt	2	71.43
legs	2	71.43
could	2	71.43
e	2	71.43
sin	2	71.43
socht	2	71.43
love	2	71.43
speed	2	71.43
weel	2	71.43
line	2	71.43
brakk	2	71.43
wintin	2	71.43
fleggin	2	71.43
maist	2	71.43
hole	2	71.43
fyle	2	71.43
drink	2	71.43
hips	2	71.43
piping	2	71.43