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Sinclair, James matching with West Central

Total unique words from Sinclair, James = 457
Total unique words from West Central = 20,305
analysis words = 500
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Author only total : 75.1%
Overlap total : 23.4%
Dialect only total: 76.6%
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Sinclair, James West Central
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75.1% 23.4% 76.6%