A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cumming, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,797
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 850
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.291
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, i, an, wis, a, ta, me, we, her, bit,

List of texts in corpus

Da Whillie
Shetland For Wirds (2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (1,030 words)

Kirsten
Shetland For Wirds (2006) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (1,767 words)

Author word usage frequencies

WordCount Normalised
per million
da13648,623.53
i10136,110.12
an9132,534.86
wis6924,669.29
a6623,596.71
ta5519,663.93
me4917,518.77
we4516,088.67
her4215,016.09
bit3412,155.88
wi3412,155.88
shö2810,010.73
he2810,010.73
o279,653.20
at269,295.67
hit269,295.67
dat258,938.15
tae248,580.62
weel248,580.62
in238,223.10
whin227,865.57
fur217,508.04
up207,150.52
der207,150.52
be186,435.47
on186,435.47
him186,435.47
aa165,720.41
is155,362.89
ower155,362.89
du145,005.36
says145,005.36
ah'm145,005.36
so145,005.36
aboot134,647.84
dis124,290.31
dere124,290.31
wan124,290.31
could113,932.79
it113,932.79
if113,932.79
wir113,932.79
his113,932.79
hed113,932.79
doon103,575.26
nae103,575.26
dee103,575.26
see103,575.26
no103,575.26
haed103,575.26
göd103,575.26
as103,575.26
oot93,217.73
took93,217.73
fae93,217.73
mair93,217.73
nivver82,860.21
kaen82,860.21
jimp82,860.21
dem82,860.21
time82,860.21
tell82,860.21
aye82,860.21
lik82,860.21
whit82,860.21
wad82,860.21
cam72,502.68
kinda72,502.68
dey72,502.68
still72,502.68
day72,502.68
gaein72,502.68
jöst72,502.68
idder72,502.68
peerie72,502.68
saa72,502.68
wisna72,502.68
track72,502.68
tink62,145.16
were62,145.16
kirsten62,145.16
afore62,145.16
kin62,145.16
hit's62,145.16
face62,145.16
back62,145.16
kent62,145.16
dan62,145.16
left51,787.63
taen51,787.63
or51,787.63
you51,787.63
twa51,787.63
hand51,787.63
competeeshin51,787.63
sixty51,787.63
clear51,787.63
noo51,787.63
bar51,787.63
every51,787.63
year51,787.63
sometin51,787.63
come51,787.63
du's51,787.63
efter51,787.63
aald51,787.63
best41,430.10
high41,430.10
davie41,430.10
some41,430.10
didna41,430.10
man41,430.10
gear41,430.10
again41,430.10
ginger41,430.10
big41,430.10
wye41,430.10
een41,430.10
folk41,430.10
got41,430.10
competitors41,430.10
coach41,430.10
wrang41,430.10
side41,430.10
luikin41,430.10
dunna41,430.10
pat41,430.10
tried41,430.10
spaek31,072.58
loss31,072.58
der's31,072.58
hame31,072.58
better31,072.58
traaler31,072.58
seem31,072.58
mycht31,072.58
life31,072.58
your31,072.58
rycht31,072.58
aroond31,072.58
someen31,072.58
boy31,072.58
echt31,072.58
moarnin31,072.58
pain31,072.58
heard31,072.58
bugger31,072.58
third31,072.58
problem31,072.58
hae31,072.58
coorse31,072.58
bön31,072.58
anidder31,072.58
midder31,072.58
telt31,072.58
comes31,072.58
rest31,072.58
onywye31,072.58
sorry31,072.58
maybe31,072.58
dey'll31,072.58
wantin31,072.58
blank31,072.58
squad31,072.58
years31,072.58
meenits31,072.58
startet31,072.58
bag31,072.58
scallowa31,072.58
should31,072.58
hunder31,072.58
boat31,072.58
start31,072.58
cleared31,072.58
blacksness31,072.58
guttin31,072.58
wirk31,072.58
anyoch31,072.58
hair31,072.58
tagidder31,072.58
im31,072.58
effort31,072.58
fast31,072.58
sea31,072.58
doesna31,072.58
spaekin31,072.58
tied31,072.58
name31,072.58
orkney31,072.58
different2715.05
skyipper2715.05
withoot2715.05
beuys2715.05
wid2715.05
faer2715.05
aaber2715.05
clamb2715.05
net2715.05
said2715.05
whit's2715.05
knees2715.05
du'll2715.05
naebody2715.05
suit2715.05
taers2715.05
trow2715.05
first2715.05
session2715.05
pulled2715.05
bastard2715.05
had2715.05
naethin2715.05
right2715.05
watch2715.05
tinks2715.05
while2715.05
roost2715.05
turn2715.05
boo2715.05
aafil2715.05
lang2715.05
age2715.05
hell2715.05
joost2715.05
mark2715.05
shoutin2715.05
shakkin2715.05
ill2715.05
sprints2715.05
job2715.05
feeneeshed2715.05
guid2715.05
injury2715.05
we'll2715.05
hoop2715.05
brakfast2715.05
ain2715.05
act2715.05
instead2715.05
canna2715.05
fu2715.05
second2715.05
seeventy2715.05
passed2715.05
gaet2715.05
onything2715.05
daelin2715.05
looket2715.05
awa2715.05
hammerin2715.05
confeedent2715.05
yun2715.05
mind2715.05
nooadays2715.05
fair2715.05
runnin2715.05
intae2715.05
win2715.05
nycht2715.05
mizpah2715.05
couldna2715.05
tree2715.05
anunder2715.05
pooster2715.05
mak2715.05
six2715.05
ony2715.05
shot2715.05
traalers2715.05
aesy2715.05
herd2715.05
airms2715.05
spak2715.05
pier2715.05
here2715.05
caald2715.05
luikit2715.05
mesel2715.05
gadderin2715.05
lad2715.05
shooder2715.05
run-up2715.05
done2715.05
lass2715.05
body2715.05
whillie2715.05
liftet2715.05
raelly2715.05
speired2715.05
nervees2715.05
jimper2715.05
ah'll2715.05
sat2715.05
maist2715.05
towt2715.05
bein2715.05
gey2715.05
dö2715.05
aboard2715.05
tryin2715.05
can2715.05
sae2715.05
wird2715.05
been2715.05
axe2715.05
nine2715.05
hert2715.05
blue2715.05
failed2715.05
boanny2715.05
gaeng2715.05
luik2715.05
aabody2715.05
wheelhoose2715.05
medal2715.05
set2715.05
laegs2715.05