A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McDonald, Charlie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,309
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 826
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.795
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an', ye, yer, in, wis, o', it,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2022-01-13) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (259 words)


Facebook (2022-01-30) in Doric (Aberdeen) dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (280 words)


Facebook (2022-01-26) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (393 words)


Facebook (2022-02-06) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (244 words)


Facebook (2022-02-09) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (244 words)


Facebook (2022-02-20) in Doric (Aberdeen) dialect (ABN), categorised as social (309 words)


Facebook (2022-02-20) in Doric (Aberdeen) dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (309 words)

Doric Scots Books an Poems
Facebook (2022-07-10) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (271 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
an'48 20,788.22314.550
o'39 16,890.43249.715
a'23 9,961.02168.919
wi'20 8,661.76142.742
yer43 18,622.78126.428
fan19 8,228.6787.265
an7 3,031.6275.755
iye6 2,598.5364.361
tho'5 2,165.4452.755
ye43 18,622.7846.615
han'4 1,732.3543.896
mum6 2,598.5342.579
caper4 1,732.3541.267
wir14 6,063.2340.850
ivery7 3,031.6237.900
abody6 2,598.5336.360
cos8 3,464.7035.658
rolls5 2,165.4433.846
bakers4 1,732.3532.888
breed4 1,732.3532.888
gan7 3,031.6231.926
apprentice4 1,732.3531.547
petrol4 1,732.3530.403
baker4 1,732.3530.403
rowies3 1,299.2629.949
fu'3 1,299.2629.949
buy6 2,598.5329.112
ere7 3,031.6229.013
he2 866.1827.346
grub3 1,299.2627.128
comin'3 1,299.2627.128
hid16 6,929.4126.371
shop6 2,598.5326.211
souls3 1,299.2626.108
ma's3 1,299.2626.108
femily3 1,299.2625.240
eaten3 1,299.2625.240
sewin3 1,299.2625.240
stuff6 2,598.5324.573
cars4 1,732.3523.473
warm6 2,598.5323.225
paper6 2,598.5322.931
tray3 1,299.2621.712
teen6 2,598.5321.571
pan4 1,732.3521.387
folk8 3,464.7020.651
supermarkets2 866.1820.632
kint2 866.1820.632
wa'2 866.1820.632
poorest2 866.1820.632
wrapping2 866.1820.632
honed2 866.1820.632
chipper2 866.1820.632
mint3 1,299.2620.517
fer7 3,031.6220.515
neighbours3 1,299.2620.168
loons4 1,732.3520.025
athing4 1,732.3520.025
bug3 1,299.2619.838
ithers6 2,598.5319.708
fitiver3 1,299.2619.229
impty2 866.1818.910
knitted2 866.1818.910
bakery2 866.1818.910
byron2 866.1818.910
owned2 866.1818.910
baps2 866.1818.910
esso2 866.1818.910
kinds3 1,299.2618.679
jist14 6,063.2318.300
wi3 1,299.2618.230
tops2 866.1817.729
crusts2 866.1817.729
bakes2 866.1817.729
rether2 866.1817.729
suppers2 866.1817.729
loaves2 866.1817.729
car5 2,165.4417.192
heaps2 866.1816.826
em4 1,732.3516.725
fresh4 1,732.3516.464
grease2 866.1816.093
they're4 1,732.3516.049
toon5 2,165.4415.797
used5 2,165.4415.602
needles2 866.1815.476
count2 866.1815.476
chums2 866.1815.476
buns2 866.1815.476
sell3 1,299.2614.552
box4 1,732.3514.336
under4 1,732.3514.273
plastic3 1,299.2614.182
ah2 866.1814.111
chucked2 866.1814.055
only7 3,031.6213.747
my9 3,897.7913.302
tin3 1,299.2613.302
test3 1,299.2613.201
perfectly2 866.1812.724
hiv6 2,598.5312.485
eesed2 866.1812.452
eence4 1,732.3512.413
sign4 1,732.3512.318
and4 1,732.3511.995
sadly2 866.1811.959
coonter2 866.1811.959
steady2 866.1811.959
pals3 1,299.2611.722
bit16 6,929.4111.663
his3 1,299.2611.635
while6 2,598.5311.366
kelly2 866.1811.322
stream2 866.1811.322
loads2 866.1811.322
winted2 866.1810.776
played3 1,299.2610.751
wint4 1,732.3510.732
boxes2 866.1810.610
fly2 866.1810.451
ging3 1,299.2610.443
came5 2,165.4410.411
is4 1,732.3510.396
playin'3 1,299.26nan
fit9 3,897.7910.385
pies2 866.1810.152
wid9 3,897.799.999
turned4 1,732.359.901
dad3 1,299.269.878
chicken2 866.189.875
mony6 2,598.539.856
ross2 866.189.744
wis40 17,323.529.743
got8 3,464.709.537
sad2 866.189.375
trade2 866.189.375
nooadays2 866.189.375
eens2 866.189.375
same6 2,598.539.315
gye2 866.189.149
use3 1,299.269.132
lot4 1,732.358.859
closed2 866.188.833
roads2 866.188.734
mince2 866.188.734
fish3 1,299.268.648
wheel2 866.188.637
widden2 866.188.451
selt2 866.188.451
murdochs2 866.18nan
choice2 866.188.273
guid8 3,464.708.243
popular2 866.188.188
ye've2 866.188.188
but2 866.187.970
time11 4,763.977.947
nae15 6,496.327.922
kept3 1,299.267.804
neen2 866.187.569
moo2 866.187.569
k2 866.187.498
minds2 866.187.362
noo10 4,330.887.289
gid2 866.187.230
hardly2 866.187.166
or16 6,929.417.115
she4 1,732.357.001
coat2 866.186.749
moon2 866.186.693
bocht2 866.186.638
doors2 866.186.584
date2 866.186.377
keepin2 866.186.377
new6 2,598.536.327
that12 5,197.066.225
if9 3,897.796.160
thick2 866.186.087
cast2 866.185.907
black3 1,299.265.858
road4 1,732.355.474
decided2 866.185.346
we17 7,362.495.332
berryden2 866.18nan
fine5 2,165.445.389
hell2 866.185.309
bin3 1,299.265.207
bits2 866.185.202
smell2 866.185.133
were7 3,031.624.892
co-opy2 866.18nan
keep4 1,732.354.704
dee3 1,299.264.613
greetin2 866.184.597
shut2 866.184.597
past3 1,299.264.515
made5 2,165.444.470
through4 1,732.354.386
craftsmen2 866.18nan
fa3 1,299.264.698
ago2 866.184.374
bag2 866.184.374
dyin'2 866.18nan
even5 2,165.444.176
really3 1,299.264.145
superstores2 866.18nan
ere's2 866.184.093
cults2 866.18nan
bakin'2 866.18nan
tae64 27,717.633.952
leipers2 866.18nan
superstore3 1,299.26nan
rosemount2 866.18nan
stood2 866.183.951
get7 3,031.623.920
i7 3,031.623.888
must2 866.183.860
then6 2,598.533.847
divi2 866.18nan
kennedy's2 866.18nan
shoppin'2 866.18nan
merkland2 866.18nan
poon'2 866.18nan
it's5 2,165.443.814
though3 1,299.263.797
fun2 866.183.793
hing2 866.183.644
on22 9,527.933.638
real2 866.183.624
day9 3,897.793.585
tea2 866.183.503
could5 2,165.443.503
they15 6,496.323.417
some7 3,031.623.358
fact2 866.183.332
this4 1,732.353.319
across2 866.183.241
their8 3,464.703.230
the115 49,805.113.215
work2 866.183.206
held2 866.183.103
near3 1,299.263.066
afore6 2,598.532.911
best3 1,299.262.814
aboot3 1,299.262.804
ootside2 866.182.802
ma5 2,165.442.770
very2 866.182.672
by7 3,031.622.547
hoosin'2 866.18nan
try2 866.182.522
een4 1,732.352.312
next2 866.182.309
aroon2 866.182.297
foo2 866.182.273
up5 2,165.442.028
far3 1,299.261.994
days3 1,299.261.987
nicht4 1,732.351.967
bide2 866.181.785
goin'2 866.18nan
street2 866.182.181
licht2 866.181.722
thing3 1,299.261.714
oot14 6,063.231.685
times2 866.181.553
hoose4 1,732.351.532
much2 866.181.506
pit4 1,732.351.493
first4 1,732.351.388
niver2 866.181.336
watter2 866.181.301
are5 2,165.441.287
didna3 1,299.261.252
ower3 1,299.261.086
for17 7,362.491.078
seen3 1,299.261.045
how2 866.181.007
intae6 2,598.530.979
in42 18,189.690.967
door3 1,299.260.950
name2 866.180.938
them2 866.180.903
mair3 1,299.260.753
need2 866.180.740
till2 866.180.718
aye2 866.180.667
ony3 1,299.260.651
oor2 866.180.610
as17 7,362.490.538
will3 1,299.260.489
thocht3 1,299.260.454
a'thing2 866.18nan
fair2 866.180.714
auld2 866.180.424
place2 866.180.407
roon2 866.180.362
richt2 866.180.357
us2 866.180.339
to2 866.180.271
at13 5,630.140.249
be10 4,330.880.243
it25 10,827.200.173
its'2 866.18nan
lang3 1,299.260.168
ither2 866.180.154
so3 1,299.260.110
a70 30,316.150.097
can3 1,299.260.078
ain2 866.180.078
fae7 3,031.620.066
mind2 866.180.055
micht2 866.180.045
was2 866.180.033
hae5 2,165.440.032
think2 866.180.028
did2 866.180.020
bloomin'2 866.18nan
back5 2,165.440.014
butteries2 866.18nan
hame2 866.180.010
tak2 866.180.007
twa3 1,299.260.003
aff3 1,299.260.001
wiye2 866.18nan
like6 2,598.530.000
muckle2 866.180.000
doon5 2,165.440.000
seepin'2 866.18nan
goodies2 866.18nan