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Bryden, Hugh

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,674
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 877
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.909
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, ye, ah, in, an, yer, tae, o, mate,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,674 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
mate16 9,557.95115.254
yir12 7,168.4663.947
yer24 14,336.9258.016
paint6 3,584.2347.909
ye35 20,908.0043.358
ah32 19,115.8934.919
art4 2,389.4930.794
dumfries3 1,792.1126.503
van4 2,389.4921.616
misst2 1,194.7420.258
thet2 1,194.7420.258
turner2 1,194.7420.258
metaphor2 1,194.7419.077
watcht2 1,194.7419.077
swirlin2 1,194.7419.077
sublime2 1,194.7419.077
whin5 2,986.8617.938
bairn's2 1,194.7417.437
ties2 1,194.7416.819
pint3 1,792.1116.787
wur7 4,181.6016.322
thit's2 1,194.7416.285
boab2 1,194.7415.015
airtists2 1,194.7414.670
balloon2 1,194.7414.670
louder2 1,194.7413.530
painted2 1,194.7413.530
fags2 1,194.7413.064
voice4 2,389.4913.003
jist10 5,973.7212.660
folks2 1,194.7412.649
hus3 1,792.1112.602
wuz2 1,194.7412.273
wir6 3,584.2311.945
chappin2 1,194.7411.932
fag2 1,194.7411.771
thum3 1,792.1111.720
vision2 1,194.7411.470
pure3 1,792.1111.303
drum2 1,194.7410.930
smile3 1,792.1110.823
mental2 1,194.7410.806
gither2 1,194.7410.347
true3 1,792.1110.259
ah'm3 1,792.119.979
faither's2 1,194.749.938
tae19 11,350.069.849
yous2 1,194.749.843
o18 10,752.699.833
thur3 1,792.119.391
wis6 3,584.239.333
burst2 1,194.749.315
soun2 1,194.749.234
writers2 1,194.749.001
late3 1,792.118.959
number2 1,194.748.712
thit4 2,389.498.292
sound2 1,194.748.075
kin4 2,389.497.899
faither4 2,389.497.834
faces2 1,194.747.688
mi2 1,194.747.484
on3 1,792.117.319
thin2 1,194.747.292
she2 1,194.747.199
rembrandt3 1,792.11nan
breath2 1,194.747.021
bare2 1,194.746.978
ma15 8,960.576.922
hair3 1,792.116.833
th2 1,194.746.575
those2 1,194.746.537
still5 2,986.866.436
press2 1,194.746.318
face4 2,389.496.248
an28 16,726.406.182
wee9 5,376.345.985
born2 1,194.745.796
could5 2,986.865.741
show2 1,194.745.620
form2 1,194.745.564
light2 1,194.745.564
airt2 1,194.745.426
gan2 1,194.745.294
but13 7,765.835.027
must2 1,194.744.952
hiv3 1,792.114.444
each2 1,194.744.327
miss2 1,194.744.180
that9 5,376.344.152
two2 1,194.744.023
inside2 1,194.743.973
thir3 1,792.113.967
at5 2,986.863.853
a63 37,634.413.691
think4 2,389.493.634
it's4 2,389.493.628
things3 1,792.113.444
aa7 4,181.603.281
lassie2 1,194.743.221
see6 3,584.233.042
or2 1,194.742.992
noo6 3,584.232.922
ee2 1,194.742.859
words2 1,194.742.859
felt2 1,194.742.848
o'2 1,194.742.805
thing3 1,792.112.790
mean2 1,194.742.701
great2 1,194.742.651
we3 1,792.112.644
life3 1,792.112.568
whit7 4,181.602.557
shug'2 1,194.74nan
air2 1,194.742.424
coat's2 1,194.74nan
an'2 1,194.742.388
man4 2,389.492.289
as6 3,584.232.093
rain2 1,194.741.987
feel2 1,194.741.965
heard2 1,194.741.901
your2 1,194.741.793
look2 1,194.741.722
were4 2,389.491.674
he10 5,973.721.670
thon3 1,792.111.646
oot4 2,389.491.547
bit2 1,194.741.535
tho2 1,194.741.486
while2 1,194.741.427
fur7 4,181.601.368
fellay2 1,194.74nan
what2 1,194.741.243
through2 1,194.741.229
just2 1,194.741.097
wan2 1,194.740.958
aboot3 1,792.110.933
wi16 9,557.950.895
aye4 2,389.490.823
his7 4,181.600.777
be6 3,584.230.774
fir2 1,194.740.749
it16 9,557.950.735
tell2 1,194.740.722
so3 1,792.110.709
back2 1,194.740.679
fae3 1,792.110.613
no6 3,584.230.571
thet's2 1,194.74nan
bi3 1,792.110.509
intae4 2,389.490.445
awa3 1,792.110.407
they5 2,986.860.380
up5 2,986.860.353
maist2 1,194.740.349
did2 1,194.740.318
richt3 1,792.110.312
in29 17,323.780.311
us3 1,792.110.281
hae3 1,792.110.256
oan3 1,792.110.228
thocht2 1,194.740.197
the101 60,334.530.189
say2 1,194.740.182
hoose2 1,194.740.181
pit2 1,194.740.168
frae4 2,389.490.167
saatchi2 1,194.74nan
nae4 2,389.490.131
can2 1,194.740.122
there5 2,986.860.109
and10 5,973.720.100
like5 2,986.860.093
if3 1,792.110.088
fowk3 1,792.110.085
me6 3,584.230.081
him4 2,389.490.046
is11 6,571.090.044
ain2 1,194.740.033
then2 1,194.740.032
hid2 1,194.740.032
wid2 1,194.740.021
day3 1,792.110.015
get2 1,194.740.012
ither2 1,194.740.005
time3 1,792.110.000
its2 1,194.740.000
afore2 1,194.740.000
you3 1,792.110.000