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General Central

Total words in General Central dialect :736,068 (23.4% of full corpus)
Total unique words : 47,997 (6.5% of dialect)
Total hapax legomenon (words occurring only once) : 24,808
Total words occurring more than once : 23,189
Locations within this dialect include:-
Holyrood
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
East Lothian

Number of writers : 140
1. Fitt, Matthew 58,879 words 8% of this dialect
2. Robertson, James 53,977 words 7.33% of this dialect
3. Clark, Thomas 39,526 words 5.37% of this dialect
4. Horsbroch, Dauvit 39,236 words 5.33% of this dialect
5. Grae, Emma 38,471 words 5.23% of this dialect
6. Rennie, Susan 27,818 words 3.78% of this dialect
7. Douglas, Ashley 17,472 words 2.37% of this dialect
8. Smith, Donald 16,992 words 2.31% of this dialect
9. Marenich, Margaret 13,620 words 1.85% of this dialect
10. McClurg, Fernando 11,370 words 1.54% of this dialect
11. Milne, W. S. 10,675 words 1.45% of this dialect
12. McGregor, Iain 10,005 words 1.36% of this dialect
13. Thoumire, Elizabeth 9,972 words 1.35% of this dialect
14. Robinson, Christine 9,698 words 1.32% of this dialect
15. Morton, Elaine 9,579 words 1.3% of this dialect
16. Donati, Colin 9,426 words 1.28% of this dialect
17. Eagle, Andy 9,413 words 1.28% of this dialect
18. Gillon, Karen 8,909 words 1.21% of this dialect
19. Connor, Charles P. 8,827 words 1.2% of this dialect
20. Macafee, Caroline 8,826 words 1.2% of this dialect
21. Somerville, Shirley-Anne 8,384 words 1.14% of this dialect
22. Hershaw, William 8,124 words 1.1% of this dialect
23. Ewen, Allan 6,641 words 0.9% of this dialect
24. Cohen, Susan 6,215 words 0.84% of this dialect
25. Pennie, Len 6,141 words 0.83% of this dialect
26. McClure, Derrick J. 5,813 words 0.79% of this dialect
27. Begg, James A. 5,649 words 0.77% of this dialect
28. Falconer, Gavin 5,532 words 0.75% of this dialect
29. Clark, Sara 5,355 words 0.73% of this dialect
30. Scots Language Center 4,800 words 0.65% of this dialect
31. Brown, Ian 4,779 words 0.65% of this dialect
32. Douglas, Sheila 4,481 words 0.61% of this dialect
33. Dempster, Michael 4,431 words 0.6% of this dialect
34. Docherty, John F. 4,253 words 0.58% of this dialect
35. Stevenson, Gerda 4,179 words 0.57% of this dialect
36. Robertson, Colin 3,877 words 0.53% of this dialect
37. Beekman, Tony 3,617 words 0.49% of this dialect
38. Waddell, John 3,398 words 0.46% of this dialect
39. Tollick, Margaret 3,153 words 0.43% of this dialect
40. Hodgson, Brent 3,036 words 0.41% of this dialect
41. Crichton, Tam 3,025 words 0.41% of this dialect
42. Calder, Bob 2,967 words 0.4% of this dialect
43. Purdie, David C. 2,947 words 0.4% of this dialect
44. Corbett, John 2,941 words 0.4% of this dialect
45. Holton, Brian 2,810 words 0.38% of this dialect
46. Stewart, Anna 2,790 words 0.38% of this dialect
47. Kay, Billy 2,696 words 0.37% of this dialect
48. Donovan, Anne 2,668 words 0.36% of this dialect
49. Wilson, Rab 2,597 words 0.35% of this dialect
50. Tait, John M 2,457 words 0.33% of this dialect
51. Harvey, Tracy Anne 2,412 words 0.33% of this dialect
52. Robson, Frances 2,097 words 0.28% of this dialect
53. Briggs, Susi 2,081 words 0.28% of this dialect
54. Travers, Martin 2,076 words 0.28% of this dialect
55. Law, John 2,013 words 0.27% of this dialect
56. Harrison, Jean 1,790 words 0.24% of this dialect
57. Allan, Alasdair 1,773 words 0.24% of this dialect
58. Matheson, Ann 1,757 words 0.24% of this dialect
59. astrothsknot 1,560 words 0.21% of this dialect
60. Watt, George T. 1,527 words 0.21% of this dialect
61. McDermid, Val 1,458 words 0.2% of this dialect
62. MacMinto, Gregor 1,348 words 0.18% of this dialect
63. Armstrong, Kate 1,338 words 0.18% of this dialect
64. Cameron, Peter 1,318 words 0.18% of this dialect
65. Steele, Gregor 1,234 words 0.17% of this dialect
66. Dareau, Mareau 1,196 words 0.16% of this dialect
67. Jarvie, Gordon 1,185 words 0.16% of this dialect
68. Young, Clive 1,143 words 0.16% of this dialect
69. Philip, Andrew 1,122 words 0.15% of this dialect
70. Smith, Ethyl 1,078 words 0.15% of this dialect
71. Morning, Carey 1,066 words 0.14% of this dialect
72. Beckett, Mavis Duncan 1,044 words 0.14% of this dialect
73. Puchowski, James 1,011 words 0.14% of this dialect
74. Philip, George 981 words 0.13% of this dialect
75. Sprott, Gavin 977 words 0.13% of this dialect
76. Widmann, Thomas 955 words 0.13% of this dialect
77. Neil, Gabriel 944 words 0.13% of this dialect
78. Connelly, Gordon 900 words 0.12% of this dialect
79. Geddes, Jenny 845 words 0.11% of this dialect
80. Seth-Smith, Niki 810 words 0.11% of this dialect
81. Donaldson, Gordon 773 words 0.11% of this dialect
82. Farrow, Kenneth D. 765 words 0.1% of this dialect
83. Cairns, Pauline 739 words 0.1% of this dialect
84. Coyne, Hilary 738 words 0.1% of this dialect
85. Fenton, Janet 736 words 0.1% of this dialect
86. Mackintosh, Henrietta 727 words 0.1% of this dialect
87. Perrie, Walter 714 words 0.1% of this dialect
88. Ahmad, Nyla 699 words 0.09% of this dialect
89. Fyall, Aitken 653 words 0.09% of this dialect
90. Robertson, Sine 628 words 0.09% of this dialect
91. Macdonald, Ileene 587 words 0.08% of this dialect
92. Sneddon, Alison 578 words 0.08% of this dialect
93. DaibhidC 571 words 0.08% of this dialect
94. MacKinnon, Ann 556 words 0.08% of this dialect
95. Foyle, Ghillie 553 words 0.08% of this dialect
96. Curt_Kenobi 525 words 0.07% of this dialect
97. Smirnov, Kuzma 522 words 0.07% of this dialect
98. Goodbrand Saunders, Donald 494 words 0.07% of this dialect
99. McNulty, Victoria 487 words 0.07% of this dialect
100. Shepherd, J. Barrie 476 words 0.06% of this dialect
101. Anderson, Elizabeth 437 words 0.06% of this dialect
102. McMillan, Hugh 395 words 0.05% of this dialect
103. Grace, Reyzl 392 words 0.05% of this dialect
104. gov.scot 391 words 0.05% of this dialect
105. McCabe, Mary 360 words 0.05% of this dialect
106. Thom, Williamina 352 words 0.05% of this dialect
107. Smith, George 340 words 0.05% of this dialect
108. Mackie, Caroline 323 words 0.04% of this dialect
109. Dornan, Stephen 322 words 0.04% of this dialect
110. Liddell, Faith 307 words 0.04% of this dialect
111. wee-windaes 291 words 0.04% of this dialect
112. Bramwell, Colin 270 words 0.04% of this dialect
113. Love, Rowena M. 268 words 0.04% of this dialect
114. Chalmers, Aimee 258 words 0.04% of this dialect
115. McCabe, Alan 251 words 0.03% of this dialect
116. MacKenzie, Douglas 248 words 0.03% of this dialect
117. McGibbon, Joe 243 words 0.03% of this dialect
118. Porter, Steve 241 words 0.03% of this dialect
119. Lang, Charles 239 words 0.03% of this dialect
120. Scott, Colin 229 words 0.03% of this dialect
121. Kirk Jn, Albert 227 words 0.03% of this dialect
122. Johnston, Mary 215 words 0.03% of this dialect
123. solonggaybowser 200 words 0.03% of this dialect
124. McNeil, Andrew 190 words 0.03% of this dialect
125. Gilliland, Sam 180 words 0.02% of this dialect
126. Strachan, Shane 158 words 0.02% of this dialect
127. Landles, William 153 words 0.02% of this dialect
128. Reider O'Doom 149 words 0.02% of this dialect
129. Templeton, Sheila 136 words 0.02% of this dialect
130. McCallum, Andrew 127 words 0.02% of this dialect
131. Annand, J. K. 107 words 0.01% of this dialect
132. Sulhunt, Miriam 106 words 0.01% of this dialect
133. Aitchison, Craig 99 words 0.01% of this dialect
134. White, Ian Nimmo 96 words 0.01% of this dialect
135. Adamson, Donald 92 words 0.01% of this dialect
136. Sangster, Maureen 88 words 0.01% of this dialect
137. Heron, Caitlin 83 words 0.01% of this dialect
138. Rhind, Neil 76 words 0.01% of this dialect
139. Underhill, James William 61 words 0.01% of this dialect
140. Law, Laura 31 words 0% of this dialect

Number of twitter people : 39
1. LairnScots 12,896 words 1.75% of this dialect
2. jax6754 11,865 words 1.61% of this dialect
3. Chazzbat 10,561 words 1.43% of this dialect
4. rosa_alba_macd 8,218 words 1.12% of this dialect
5. DABArbuckle 6,379 words 0.87% of this dialect
6. g_hibby 6,355 words 0.86% of this dialect
7. billykayscot 6,147 words 0.84% of this dialect
8. ThonJacobite 4,944 words 0.67% of this dialect
9. raiphsays 4,866 words 0.66% of this dialect
10. Seperatist_No1 4,480 words 0.61% of this dialect
11. bigandymccoll 4,068 words 0.55% of this dialect
12. OliphantWullie 3,678 words 0.5% of this dialect
13. MartinBroon 3,107 words 0.42% of this dialect
14. fairpechtoot 2,438 words 0.33% of this dialect
15. PeoplesPoet77 2,195 words 0.3% of this dialect
16. rattlecans 2,106 words 0.29% of this dialect
17. Cobradile94 1,964 words 0.27% of this dialect
18. weenell3 1,919 words 0.26% of this dialect
19. IshbelMcF 1,841 words 0.25% of this dialect
20. jack_capener 1,710 words 0.23% of this dialect
21. pmcm1355 1,610 words 0.22% of this dialect
22. mcfarlane_irene 1,561 words 0.21% of this dialect
23. alistairdunn 1,501 words 0.2% of this dialect
24. RickHJohnston 1,487 words 0.2% of this dialect
25. iainnicol 1,298 words 0.18% of this dialect
26. Angela1Sinclair 1,288 words 0.17% of this dialect
27. ionafyfe 1,199 words 0.16% of this dialect
28. SusiBriggs1 1,154 words 0.16% of this dialect
29. ClashCityClarky 890 words 0.12% of this dialect
30. changed_days 874 words 0.12% of this dialect
31. LowEndJardo 864 words 0.12% of this dialect
32. FaetheRye 488 words 0.07% of this dialect
33. gordimhor1 483 words 0.07% of this dialect
34. Sinethugcat 457 words 0.06% of this dialect
35. WhenDidADidny 434 words 0.06% of this dialect
36. fourmenterian 315 words 0.04% of this dialect
37. _Erinboyle_ 294 words 0.04% of this dialect
38. GMacminto 225 words 0.03% of this dialect
39. jamieonkeys 203 words 0.03% of this dialect

Number of Facebook people : 4
Total words on Facebook : 12,968 words, 1.76% of this dialect

Genres

2000 ...... - 11,401 words in total
2001 ............ - 25,723 words in total
2002 ...... - 14,045 words in total
2003 ............... - 33,437 words in total
2004 .... - 6,274 words in total
2005 ........ - 16,354 words in total
2006 .. - 2,819 words in total
2007 ............. - 27,482 words in total
2008 .............. - 29,747 words in total
2009 ........ - 14,050 words in total
2010 .................. - 41,705 words in total
2011 ............ - 24,043 words in total
2012 ..... - 8,426 words in total
2013 ...... - 10,247 words in total
2014 ............... - 29,612 words in total
2015 .................. - 37,149 words in total
2016 ..................... - 46,359 words in total
2017 .............. - 26,845 words in total
2018 ................ - 32,716 words in total
2019 ............. - 25,471 words in total
2020 .................................... - 82,338 words in total
2021 ............................................ - 101,566 words in total
2022 ............................... - 68,757 words in total
2023 ....... - 13,361 words in total
2024 ... - 6,141 words in total
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