A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hall, Simon W.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 9,395
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 2,524
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.722
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, tae, in, and, he, an, it, wis,

List of texts in corpus

Crackan the troughs
Brisk Northerly (11-02-2021) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (328 words)

Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (194 words)
Tae thee, or no tae thee?
Brisk Northerly (29-11-2020) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (304 words)

Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings
Brisk Northerly (28-01-2019) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (429 words)

Lands o Twatt
Brisk Northerly (30-09-2018) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (343 words)

Tame Hogmanay
Brisk Northerly (28-12-2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (427 words)

New Lambs, Owld Stone
Brisk Northerly (14-04-2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (439 words)

No the Six o Clock News
Bella Caledonia (2016-Mar-18) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (1,098 words)

Bonny Isle o Sanday
Brisk Northerly (26-10-2016) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (458 words)

Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull
Brisk Northerly (19-11-2015) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as blog (849 words)

The Orkney Gruffalo
Itchy Coo (01-01-2015 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as weans (819 words)
The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan
Brisk Northerly (14-03-2015) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (3,707 words)

Author word usage frequencies

WordCount Normalised
per million
the54257,690.26
a29831,719.00
o24826,397.02
tae20321,607.24
in18319,478.45
and15716,711.02
he15416,391.70
an11712,453.43
it11111,814.80
wis9410,005.32
that909,579.56
on859,047.37
is838,834.49
s838,834.49
his788,302.29
as677,131.45
but606,386.38
i565,960.62
this555,854.18
me545,747.74
no535,641.30
be525,534.86
aal485,109.10
ye475,002.66
dursley475,002.66
at444,683.34
they444,683.34
wae414,364.02
haed394,151.14
said384,044.70
for384,044.70
peedie363,831.83
oot353,725.39
or343,618.95
hiv343,618.95
aboot343,618.95
we333,512.51
are333,512.51
gruffalo323,406.07
mr313,299.63
when293,086.75
whit293,086.75
been282,980.31
scots282,980.31
fae272,873.87
didna262,767.43
you262,767.43
folk262,767.43
there262,767.43
like262,767.43
moose262,767.43
up252,660.99
thur242,554.55
fur242,554.55
orkney242,554.55
him232,448.11
were232,448.11
by222,341.67
dumbledore222,341.67
if222,341.67
day222,341.67
ken222,341.67
d212,235.23
cat202,128.79
them192,022.35
haggis192,022.35
whar192,022.35
cheust192,022.35
mrs192,022.35
professor181,915.91
wur181,915.91
new181,915.91
intae181,915.91
gaed181,915.91
sheu181,915.91
so171,809.47
these171,809.47
her171,809.47
more171,809.47
language171,809.47
gaan161,703.03
could161,703.03
wan161,703.03
any161,703.03
bit151,596.59
even151,596.59
mcgonagall151,596.59
back151,596.59
haes151,596.59
wid151,596.59
some141,490.15
cattie-face141,490.15
doon141,490.15
weel141,490.15
sometheen141,490.15
good131,383.71
thowt131,383.71
ddd131,383.71
see131,383.71
bbc131,383.71
she131,383.71
seen121,277.28
their121,277.28
eftir121,277.28
nivver121,277.28
owld121,277.28
anither121,277.28
here121,277.28
hoose121,277.28
harry111,170.84
muckle111,170.84
its111,170.84
couldna111,170.84
owre111,170.84
might111,170.84
potters111,170.84
northern111,170.84
us111,170.84
eyes101,064.40
awey101,064.40
snek101,064.40
time101,064.40
cattie-faces101,064.40
dae101,064.40
fox101,064.40
can101,064.40
year101,064.40
noo101,064.40
lamborghini101,064.40
most101,064.40
think101,064.40
first101,064.40
gey9957.96
things9957.96
say9957.96
neem9957.96
did9957.96
ah9957.96
right9957.96
through9957.96
street9957.96
long9957.96
night9957.96
ower9957.96
mind9957.96
last9957.96
trees9957.96
news9957.96
aye9957.96
sayan9957.96
wi9957.96
shetland9957.96
luk8851.52
of8851.52
dudley8851.52
canna8851.52
very8851.52
potter8851.52
t8851.52
than8851.52
orcadian8851.52
why8851.52
who8851.52
anything8851.52
don8851.52
family8851.52
droll8851.52
cowld8851.52
m8851.52
road8851.52
country7745.08
ur7745.08
shed7745.08
privet7745.08
scotland7745.08
come7745.08
wife7745.08
wey7745.08
oh7745.08
voice7745.08
which7745.08
heard7745.08
thing7745.08
sister7745.08
feart7745.08
ither7745.08
morneen7745.08
wind7745.08
only7745.08
used7745.08
get7745.08
isles7745.08
place7745.08
daft7745.08
ah'm6638.64
will6638.64
till6638.64
best6638.64
roond6638.64
hoo6638.64
buddy6638.64
toon6638.64
off6638.64
content6638.64
drills6638.64
radio6638.64
grimly6638.64
twa6638.64
gate6638.64
saa6638.64
soor6638.64
son6638.64
cloak6638.64
ootside6638.64
lukkan6638.64
life6638.64
kent6638.64
teuk6638.64
ker6638.64
young6638.64
really6638.64
such6638.64
great6638.64
tell6638.64
lukked6638.64
north6638.64
corner6638.64
hear6638.64
pit6638.64
grund6638.64
re6638.64
sheep6638.64
reason6638.64
home6638.64
notheen6638.64
still6638.64
voldemort6638.64
ivry6638.64
same6638.64
then6638.64
factory6638.64
hid6638.64
pronouns6638.64
seem6638.64
boy6638.64
tellt6638.64
hunder6638.64
though5532.20
queer5532.20
kirkwall5532.20
affil5532.20
number5532.20
again5532.20
worked5532.20
ago5532.20
arrived5532.20
isle5532.20
you'll5532.20
ferm5532.20
fillo5532.20
fower5532.20
weet5532.20
ll5532.20
happy5532.20
west5532.20
favourite5532.20
geen5532.20
food5532.20
real5532.20
italian5532.20
neebors5532.20
because5532.20
yet5532.20
man5532.20
next5532.20
blue5532.20
yur5532.20
got5532.20
island5532.20
stars5532.20
tea5532.20
twatt5532.20
believe5532.20
cultural5532.20
sanday5532.20
walk5532.20
dursleys5532.20
much5532.20
shootan5532.20
kind5532.20
heid5532.20
funnd5532.20
ahint5532.20
comes5532.20
was5532.20
end5532.20
name5532.20
point5532.20
rain5532.20
waathir4425.76
feed4425.76
bekis4425.76
sat4425.76
cloaks4425.76
close4425.76
window4425.76
seemed4425.76
hogmanay4425.76
own4425.76
ice4425.76
better4425.76
dialogue4425.76
fine4425.76
yer4425.76
ah'll4425.76
sure4425.76
finnd4425.76
cut4425.76
sign4425.76
unkan4425.76
morning4425.76
set4425.76
instead4425.76
moved4425.76
lot4425.76
sittan4425.76
few4425.76
sun4425.76
door4425.76
black4425.76
stare4425.76
completely4425.76
sand4425.76
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meed4425.76
beuy4425.76
light4425.76
broadcasting4425.76
sky4425.76
romagna4425.76
ve4425.76
widna4425.76
sense4425.76
pieces4425.76
serve4425.76
claes4425.76
walked4425.76
left4425.76
mak4425.76
every4425.76
until4425.76
emilia4425.76
kill4425.76
purple4425.76
celebratan4425.76
piece4425.76
kers4425.76
hid's4425.76
drama4425.76
watter4425.76
hivna4425.76
teu4425.76
couple4425.76
cheerio4425.76
nor4425.76
soon4425.76
sweet4425.76
faer4425.76
else4425.76
you-ken-whar4425.76
rich4425.76
wearan4425.76
mainland4425.76
likely4425.76
baest4425.76
tv4425.76
read4425.76
suppose4425.76
drive4425.76
go4425.76
maks4425.76
floor4425.76
too4425.76
reid3319.32
plain3319.32
ploom3319.32
my3319.32
leave3319.32
problems3319.32
suddenly3319.32
brokken3319.32
within3319.32
waals3319.32
have3319.32
both3319.32
word3319.32
natural3319.32
shot3319.32
keepan3319.32
museum3319.32
lambs3319.32
sports3319.32
waant3319.32
tour3319.32
pretty3319.32
sharp3319.32
help3319.32
atween3319.32
each3319.32
dyke3319.32
late3319.32
sunshine3319.32
winter3319.32
dark3319.32
noticed3319.32
possible3319.32
caad3319.32
seems3319.32
rural3319.32
many3319.32
stert3319.32
asleep3319.32
eleven3319.32
near3319.32
changed3319.32
since3319.32
neck3319.32
hour3319.32
linguistic3319.32
haird3319.32
subtitled3319.32
culture3319.32
sorry3319.32
mibby3319.32
two3319.32
ally3319.32
while3319.32
caal3319.32
stuff3319.32
struck3319.32
oors3319.32
sit3319.32
meeeh3319.32
full3319.32
shows3319.32
clicked3319.32
england3319.32
flit3319.32
letter3319.32
feet3319.32
result3319.32
book3319.32
with3319.32
welcome3319.32
famous3319.32
petunia3319.32
mart3319.32
birds3319.32
happen3319.32
loch3319.32
step3319.32
glesses3319.32
nose3319.32
profile3319.32
enough3319.32
albus3319.32
sea3319.32
pairt3319.32
supper3319.32
indeed3319.32
silly3319.32
he's3319.32
buy3319.32
meetan3319.32
different3319.32
whit's3319.32
noble3319.32
there's3319.32
gravy3319.32
een3319.32
waal3319.32
oatmeal3319.32
made3319.32
pair3319.32
cockburn3319.32
whisky3319.32
that's3319.32
broon3319.32
watched3319.32
english3319.32
hopan3319.32
gecked3319.32
must3319.32
tabby3319.32
worst3319.32
bed3319.32
notice3319.32
open3319.32
doesna3319.32
mad3319.32
nuggets3319.32
inside3319.32
fell3319.32
himsel3319.32
high3319.32
daylight3319.32
thu3319.32
muggles3319.32
dear3319.32
years3319.32
aroond3319.32
muggle3319.32
although3319.32
one3319.32
called3319.32
world3319.32
also3319.32
thee3319.32
thoo3319.32
less3319.32
days3319.32
story3319.32
words3319.32
formal3319.32
group3319.32
diversity3319.32
always3319.32
further3319.32
hello3319.32
haggises3319.32
donaldson3319.32
george3319.32
tremendous3319.32
dinner3319.32
bairn3319.32
past3319.32
voices3319.32
across3319.32
twenty3319.32
welsh3319.32
dander3319.32
meenit3319.32
has3319.32
thoosands3319.32
bring3319.32
flyan3319.32
tried3319.32
ivver3319.32
hunders3319.32
troughs3319.32
explain3319.32
neebor3319.32
important2212.88
olivebank2212.88
times2212.88
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mood2212.88
nation2212.88
phone2212.88
vast2212.88
baby2212.88
stronsay2212.88
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october2212.88
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pooch2212.88
nut2212.88
forward2212.88
shop2212.88
spurness2212.88
nests2212.88
crisp2212.88
confident2212.88
imaginan2212.88
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boran2212.88
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jim2212.88
hay2212.88
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stertan2212.88
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deep-fried2212.88
ball2212.88
faalan2212.88
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bonny2212.88
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