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McPartlin, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,929
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 2,235
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.205
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, a, tae, his, oan, in, fur, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (330 words)
Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (305 words)
Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems
Lallans Magazine (2012 ) in Central (Dollar) dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (858 words)
Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden
Lallans Magazine (2010-07) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (295 words)

Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (106 words)

Lallans 73 - Wrack
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (169 words)
Lallans 68 - Black Staff
Lallans Magazine (2006-02-01 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (2,632 words)
Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel
Lallans Magazine (2005-03-01 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (234 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
oan57 11,564.21142.536
thomas12 2,434.57100.004
weir16 3,246.0996.228
and2 405.7650.362
staff9 1,825.9348.935
fur44 8,926.7647.314
provost6 1,217.2946.414
on2 405.7646.032
it15 3,043.2145.520
flesh8 1,623.0539.377
wrack5 1,014.4037.342
strand5 1,014.4037.342
which16 3,246.0937.185
s7 1,420.1735.968
bi25 5,072.0235.102
his64 12,984.3833.215
she3 608.6431.686
god's4 811.5230.542
stained4 811.5227.660
baillie4 811.5226.897
black10 2,028.8126.812
frae29 5,883.5525.668
ramsay's3 608.6425.434
saints3 608.6425.434
spittle3 608.6423.855
lowe5 1,014.4023.023
aneath5 1,014.4022.788
skailed4 811.5222.168
scots2 405.7621.498
below4 811.5221.422
damned4 811.5221.422
chain4 811.5221.075
andra4 811.5220.743
straw3 608.6419.994
raip3 608.6419.994
bane4 811.5219.828
city6 1,217.2919.450
ness3 608.6418.734
excep3 608.6418.734
ayont6 1,217.2918.601
haudan2 405.7617.620
satan2 405.7617.620
weir's12 2,434.57nan
wummen2 405.7617.620
whill2 405.7617.620
satyrs2 405.7617.620
weirdly2 405.7617.620
swithered2 405.7617.620
glintin2 405.7617.620
deave2 405.7617.620
offend2 405.7617.620
wracked2 405.7617.620
quayside2 405.7617.620
screeds2 405.7617.620
chaff2 405.7617.620
trembled2 405.7617.620
clover2 405.7617.620
funnels2 405.7617.620
deid8 1,623.0517.142
burnin4 811.5216.614
cracklin2 405.7615.903
israel2 405.7615.903
ship's2 405.7615.903
witchcraft2 405.7615.903
erd2 405.7615.903
cobbles2 405.7615.903
ah'll4 811.5215.577
fae2 405.7615.430
waas4 811.5215.262
san3 608.6415.090
links3 608.6415.090
beast4 811.5214.961
aince7 1,420.1714.813
sooks2 405.7614.728
scarlet2 405.7614.728
ash2 405.7614.728
provost's2 405.7614.728
commander2 405.7614.728
convick2 405.7614.728
humphed2 405.7614.728
then16 3,246.0914.696
in46 9,332.5214.641
white7 1,420.1714.598
seek4 811.5214.532
bow3 608.6414.258
glaur3 608.6414.258
ayweys3 608.6414.006
howked2 405.7613.829
heidless2 405.7613.829
exile2 405.7613.829
riven2 405.7613.829
warlock3 608.6413.535
law5 1,014.4013.246
mesh2 405.7613.101
condemned2 405.7613.101
warld's2 405.7613.101
wis27 5,477.7812.880
biddin2 405.7612.489
echoes2 405.7612.489
shouthers2 405.7612.489
humble2 405.7612.489
frichtsome2 405.7612.489
birled3 608.6412.322
aa22 4,463.3812.199
hush2 405.7611.961
bowed2 405.7611.961
waukened2 405.7611.961
skeel2 405.7611.961
fear5 1,014.4011.838
nisi5 1,014.40nan
agin6 1,217.2911.826
wund3 608.6411.804
douce3 608.6411.804
ramsay3 608.6411.642
raked2 405.7611.497
reekin2 405.7611.497
sailed2 405.7611.497
body's2 405.7611.497
reek3 608.6411.485
madlove's3 608.64nan
thrawn3 608.6411.485
lik9 1,825.9311.284
yon9 1,825.9311.091
skull2 405.7611.083
crushed2 405.7611.083
aboot4 811.5210.998
heard8 1,623.0510.996
whae6 1,217.2910.941
we7 1,420.1710.816
ye're4 811.5210.784
maun9 1,825.9310.716
alow2 405.7610.710
satisfied2 405.7610.710
hielan2 405.7610.710
tolbooth2 405.7610.710
weavin2 405.7610.710
meltit2 405.7610.710
were15 3,043.2110.441
cleek2 405.7610.371
air7 1,420.1710.297
banes3 608.6410.126
cloak2 405.7610.060
perjink2 405.7610.060
shadda2 405.7610.060
whase3 608.6410.008
wheesht3 608.649.892
fort2 405.769.772
abune3 608.649.668
inspiration2 405.769.505
lungs2 405.769.505
trig2 405.769.505
dirl2 405.769.505
skreich2 405.769.256
firth2 405.769.256
a'4 811.529.242
thir8 1,623.059.228
fend2 405.769.023
blink2 405.769.023
hae3 608.648.993
a110 22,316.908.957
dream3 608.648.955
william4 811.528.881
send3 608.648.861
glass2 405.768.803
naewhere2 405.768.803
cooried2 405.768.803
sangs3 608.648.769
hung3 608.648.678
bees2 405.768.596
hunger2 405.768.596
peat2 405.768.596
banks3 608.648.590
oot9 1,825.938.424
man's2 405.768.400
bend2 405.768.400
ireland3 608.648.249
bog-cotton3 608.64nan
ah've3 608.648.590
sword2 405.768.214
there4 811.528.072
eftir4 811.528.066
warst2 405.768.038
gaird2 405.768.038
secret3 608.648.009
sea5 1,014.407.916
comfort2 405.767.869
whispered2 405.767.708
heids4 811.527.674
maister3 608.647.562
tongues2 405.767.554
sand2 405.767.554
faithers2 405.767.265
blawn2 405.767.265
wolf2 405.767.265
presence2 405.767.129
sleet2 405.767.129
drunk2 405.766.998
stude2 405.766.998
served2 405.766.998
purple2 405.766.998
back3 608.646.941
be13 2,637.456.855
daith3 608.646.779
sang4 811.526.682
wins2 405.766.633
ploy2 405.766.633
lowse2 405.766.519
its13 2,637.456.489
het3 608.646.489
that32 6,492.196.483
tide2 405.766.409
cock2 405.766.409
the330 66,950.706.364
trade2 405.766.302
walcome2 405.766.302
had14 2,840.336.274
blast2 405.766.199
visit2 405.766.199
beauty2 405.766.199
grass2 405.766.199
them2 405.766.158
braes2 405.766.002
words5 1,014.405.983
grund3 608.645.961
screen2 405.765.907
close4 811.525.816
waves2 405.765.815
roads2 405.765.815
ah'd2 405.765.815
thranged3 608.64nan
an154 31,243.665.810
shame2 405.765.726
held4 811.525.718
ye'll3 608.645.673
cauld6 1,217.295.666
madlove3 608.64nan
o'5 1,014.405.650
yella2 405.765.639
texts2 405.765.639
caskie4 811.52nan
laird3 608.645.911
here's2 405.765.554
haar2 405.765.472
snaw2 405.765.391
nihil3 608.64nan
dowie2 405.765.472
major2 405.765.391
ay2 405.765.373
bluid3 608.645.361
monongahela2 405.76nan
sic7 1,420.175.344
wa2 405.765.313
ye've2 405.765.236
chiel3 608.645.234
lan2 405.765.162
time3 608.645.083
at20 4,057.625.035
weird2 405.765.017
sets2 405.765.017
pouer2 405.764.879
food2 405.764.812
within2 405.764.812
hearin2 405.764.747
prood2 405.764.747
wind3 608.644.690
gowd2 405.764.620
leaves2 405.764.620
april2 405.764.620
wuid3 608.644.619
stane3 608.644.583
pages2 405.764.499
flee2 405.764.440
grace2 405.764.440
twa2 405.764.424
whaur8 1,623.054.350
some13 2,637.454.341
rose2 405.764.326
west2 405.764.326
empty2 405.764.270
picked2 405.764.162
dreich2 405.764.162
silence2 405.764.109
fillet2 405.76nan
they11 2,231.694.068
flotsam2 405.76nan
siller4 811.524.099
chairge2 405.764.058
cannae5 1,014.403.963
as20 4,057.623.947
irish2 405.763.860
bocht2 405.763.860
bring3 608.643.854
hert4 811.523.797
jaloused2 405.763.721
aff12 2,434.573.709
busy2 405.763.676
silversauns2 405.76nan
up11 2,231.693.936
to2 405.763.648
wi26 5,274.903.639
burn3 608.643.632
slabtoun2 405.76nan
nou5 1,014.403.549
been4 811.523.546
pittsburgh2 405.76nan
when10 2,028.813.522
damask2 405.76nan
o121 24,548.593.532
whit's2 405.763.503
touch2 405.763.461
feet4 811.523.460
neck2 405.763.420
sair4 811.523.385
saft2 405.763.380
dae2 405.763.366
nicht8 1,623.053.352
mairch2 405.763.340
unpattrened2 405.76nan
alane2 405.763.340
tears2 405.763.301
until3 608.643.229
orra2 405.763.225
office2 405.763.225
her17 3,448.983.220
no7 1,420.173.199
weel2 405.763.181
laid2 405.763.115
hauns3 608.643.091
stairs2 405.763.079
pig2 405.763.079
waa2 405.763.044
couldnae3 608.643.024
played2 405.763.009
sae13 2,637.452.958
lord2 405.762.908
flauntin2 405.76nan
peat-hags2 405.76nan
efter2 405.762.897
feed2 405.762.875
pick2 405.762.779
ower17 3,448.982.748
ae4 811.522.679
earth2 405.762.656
man9 1,825.932.649
so2 405.762.642
an'4 811.522.597
thurible2 405.76nan
is22 4,463.382.584
ice2 405.762.569
lang9 1,825.932.550
turnkey2 405.76nan
hoose8 1,623.052.544
horse2 405.762.540
though4 811.522.470
mile2 405.762.430
guid2 405.762.404
pure2 405.762.403
him8 1,623.052.325
watter4 811.522.308
warld4 811.522.243
meant2 405.762.225
flair2 405.762.176
banefed2 405.76nan
sleep2 405.762.153
wud2 405.762.153
eat2 405.762.129
rain4 811.522.011
patullo2 405.76nan
us3 608.642.117
fell3 608.642.007
bonspiel2 405.76nan
glut2 405.76nan
greenside2 405.76nan
answer2 405.761.994
wumman3 608.641.992
here9 1,825.931.937
dirk-kaimed2 405.76nan
open3 608.641.933
there's2 405.761.929
our2 405.761.909
he'd2 405.761.888
awa3 608.641.818
could7 1,420.171.760
love2 405.761.730
near4 811.521.726
saw4 811.521.706
first2 405.761.698
reid2 405.761.692
ye20 4,057.621.671
stood2 405.761.620
sky2 405.761.602
pit2 405.761.570
must2 405.761.550
me11 2,231.691.538
pleesures2 405.76nan
fa3 608.641.529
ah21 4,260.501.520
deep2 405.761.516
kept2 405.761.500
dee3 608.641.471
bowhead2 405.76nan
afore9 1,825.931.459
doon7 1,420.171.407
cut2 405.761.358
wheeshed2 405.76nan
papists2 405.76nan
haud3 608.641.415
gallowlie2 405.76nan
nae20 4,057.622.217
god2 405.761.358
een6 1,217.291.349
lift2 405.761.328
of4 811.521.322
done2 405.761.313
sister2 405.761.298
tea2 405.761.298
drumskin2 405.76nan
history2 405.761.256
gied4 811.521.243
giein2 405.761.242
cooncil2 405.761.214
hawksbeard2 405.76nan
still7 1,420.172.462
lurch2 405.76nan
thochts2 405.761.994
likes2 405.761.109
why2 405.761.096
least2 405.761.059
takin2 405.761.011
than3 608.641.010
foredaw2 405.76nan
gairden2 405.760.965
word2 405.760.965
sent2 405.760.954
ken4 811.520.935
he37 7,506.590.924
micht2 405.760.901
fowk5 1,014.400.885
inside2 405.760.878
if5 1,014.400.870
through4 811.520.868
yersel2 405.760.848
ma25 5,072.020.847
intae11 2,231.690.782
can10 2,028.810.755
made2 405.760.751
days4 811.520.750
day7 1,420.170.731
ilka3 608.640.720
last4 811.520.716
green2 405.760.714
like16 3,246.090.696
end3 608.640.674
whiles2 405.760.654
wey3 608.640.649
syne2 405.760.645
nor2 405.760.634
overseer2 405.76nan
bein2 405.760.626
seen2 405.760.622
gruel2 405.76nan
anither2 405.760.596
yer11 2,231.690.566
faither3 608.640.522
are8 1,623.050.513
doubtfu2 405.76nan
wha4 811.520.506
see6 1,217.290.489
mind5 1,014.400.479
dominus2 405.76nan
ither4 811.520.487
oor9 1,825.930.479
speak2 405.760.449
muckle3 608.640.448
wrang2 405.760.443
this16 3,246.090.439
road3 608.640.418
matsuo2 405.76nan
ben2 405.760.418
best3 608.640.404
say3 608.640.397
thocht3 608.640.397
flycloud2 405.76nan
door2 405.760.715
tell2 405.760.388
new5 1,014.400.387
bairn2 405.760.372
baith2 405.760.336
hard2 405.760.324
fire2 405.760.324
yet2 405.760.324
government2 405.760.314
heid6 1,217.290.292
but17 3,448.980.251
braw2 405.760.228
tak5 1,014.400.220
mak3 608.640.213
win3 608.640.213
great2 405.760.208
or18 3,651.860.199
place2 405.760.161
gin3 608.640.159
come5 1,014.400.159
mair9 1,825.930.137
body2 405.760.137
girsle2 405.76nan
that's2 405.760.159
ain6 1,217.290.127
ane4 811.520.118
three2 405.760.111
face2 405.760.094
coorse2 405.760.094
fan2 405.760.092
said6 1,217.290.086
aye8 1,623.050.083
scourger2 405.76nan
comin2 405.760.076
wid6 1,217.290.067
whan5 1,014.400.049
men2 405.760.048
mcmahon2 405.76nan
you8 1,623.050.090
set2 405.760.048
atween2 405.760.045
their9 1,825.930.040
auld7 1,420.170.031
tae104 21,099.610.030
wark2 405.760.029
hear2 405.760.024
dinnae2 405.760.018
never2 405.760.015
while2 405.760.014
taen2 405.760.014
gang2 405.760.013
whit11 2,231.690.012
mcgill2 405.76nan
will4 811.520.006
primped2 405.76nan
juist4 811.520.006
it's4 811.520.005
noo8 1,623.050.001
hame4 811.520.000
doun2 405.760.000