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Purves, David matching with Orkney

Total unique words from Purves, David = 2,692
Total unique words from Orkney = 14,219
analysis words = 200
Author only total : 67.5%
Overlap total : 32.5%
Dialect only total: 67.5%
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Purves, David Orkney
ah ti ma chinese til frae - from haes nae lyke ir aw awa nou mair century thair lang wul do nicht wund doun its never thaim ch hame auld poems wes gin spring throu wad intil leid inti syne fair muin po nor eftir ae sae oor inglish houss wattir haill whyte cum aince wee juist days rain war flouers fou ferr lift tyme richt wyne gress lest abuin forenicht im yett gloamin micht onie li tu whaur braw hear bens lu sun hert bairns canna gaen lik gret monie cauld river gae south guid yu heid leevin mornin whyles dule tradeition yeir taen street fowk burds mukkil clear duin trees thousan finnd hir warld byde the'r ilka kis leafs blyth ceitie kennawha langsyne clachan baith fu gairden brither thare mynd dout lane tears the an o a in is on for that wi at it ye me but of this hae we bi aye his thay he scots s up ower be oot whan as whit here no day back or afore she us ither see man dae end year i can aboot been twa tell haed him again them ken new anither like tak wis thir better tae and hid fur her sheu bit wae fae they you aal so doon wir noo peedie when wan wid hid's ah'm then intae time there weel some right more by cheust said says if are hiv night could than whar orkney yir still owld got will roond hoose fer go come gaan wur hoo oan thee thoo he's say think wey home good get mind thowt that's sheu's gaed folk through hids things too mak there's sea to didna till darling awey wife last door did cam aa aff their light nivver thing first dance only big long eyes bed face life fock oh keep yer very language fine left while wark were set o' even seen poor efter muckle am bonny black wirds much ah'll wind kens all best id kent lass hand
67.5% 32.5% 67.5%