Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McPartlin, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 3,893
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,813
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.147
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 81 - Fower Australian Poems
Lallans Magazine (2012 ) in Central (Dollar) dialect, categorised as poetry (858 words)
Lallans 73 - Wrack
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (169 words)
Lallans 68 - Black Staff
Lallans Magazine (2006-02-01 ) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (2,632 words)
Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel
Lallans Magazine (2005-03-01 ) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (234 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	257	6601.59
an	123	3159.52
o	97	2491.65
a	86	2209.09
tae	79	2029.28
his	53	1361.42
oan	48	1232.98
in	41	1053.17
fur	36	924.74
he	27	693.55
frae	26	667.87
wis	25	642.18
that	24	616.49
bi	20	513.74
aa	18	462.37
as	17	436.68
wi	17	436.68
at	17	436.68
ah	16	410.99
weir	16	410.99
nae	16	410.99
ye	15	385.31
like	15	385.31
which	15	385.31
then	14	359.62
it	14	359.62
ma	14	359.62
had	14	359.62
or	13	333.93
is	13	333.93
some	13	333.93
were	13	333.93
but	12	308.25
this	12	308.25
thomas	12	308.25
be	12	308.25
ower	12	308.25
weir's	12	308.25
its	12	308.25
aff	11	282.56
sae	11	282.56
whit	10	256.87
yer	10	256.87
when	10	256.87
they	10	256.87
oot	9	231.18
black	9	231.18
oor	9	231.18
their	9	231.18
staff	9	231.18
heard	8	205.5
afore	8	205.5
mair	8	205.5
here	8	205.5
her	8	205.5
man	8	205.5
hoose	7	179.81
me	7	179.81
lang	7	179.81
maun	7	179.81
still	7	179.81
can	7	179.81
flesh	7	179.81
him	7	179.81
deid	7	179.81
we	7	179.81
day	7	179.81
cauld	6	154.12
you	6	154.12
could	6	154.12
up	6	154.12
city	6	154.12
intae	6	154.12
whaur	6	154.12
wid	6	154.12
ain	6	154.12
nicht	6	154.12
ayont	6	154.12
provost	6	154.12
auld	6	154.12
said	6	154.12
are	5	128.44
words	5	128.44
tak	5	128.44
heid	5	128.44
doon	5	128.44
cannae	5	128.44
wrack	5	128.44
nisi	5	128.44
lowe	5	128.44
if	5	128.44
fear	5	128.44
noo	5	128.44
white	5	128.44
air	5	128.44
o'	5	128.44
whan	5	128.44
aince	5	128.44
fowk	5	128.44
law	5	128.44
ither	4	102.75
ah'll	4	102.75
a'	4	102.75
aye	4	102.75
saw	4	102.75
damned	4	102.75
there	4	102.75
baillie	4	102.75
caskie	4	102.75
hert	4	102.75
andra	4	102.75
sang	4	102.75
new	4	102.75
aboot	4	102.75
days	4	102.75
sea	4	102.75
yon	4	102.75
below	4	102.75
though	4	102.75
god's	4	102.75
skailed	4	102.75
william	4	102.75
ane	4	102.75
hame	4	102.75
no	4	102.75
waas	4	102.75
beast	4	102.75
wha	4	102.75
been	4	102.75
siller	4	102.75
ye're	4	102.75
close	4	102.75
rain	4	102.75
stained	4	102.75
see	4	102.75
sic	4	102.75
an'	4	102.75
it's	4	102.75
ae	4	102.75
een	4	102.75
thrawn	3	77.06
mind	3	77.06
san	3	77.06
ramsay's	3	77.06
best	3	77.06
hung	3	77.06
say	3	77.06
warlock	3	77.06
thranged	3	77.06
will	3	77.06
ireland	3	77.06
of	3	77.06
saints	3	77.06
banes	3	77.06
mak	3	77.06
ken	3	77.06
bring	3	77.06
eftir	3	77.06
hae	3	77.06
haud	3	77.06
muckle	3	77.06
raip	3	77.06
faither	3	77.06
secret	3	77.06
than	3	77.06
straw	3	77.06
held	3	77.06
burn	3	77.06
open	3	77.06
couldnae	3	77.06
win	3	77.06
nou	3	77.06
sangs	3	77.06
wheesht	3	77.06
whase	3	77.06
chain	3	77.06
us	3	77.06
links	3	77.06
madlove	3	77.06
ramsay	3	77.06
madlove's	3	77.06
wind	3	77.06
end	3	77.06
burnin	3	77.06
glaur	3	77.06
heids	3	77.06
reek	3	77.06
ah've	3	77.06
nihil	3	77.06
ye'll	3	77.06
dee	3	77.06
near	3	77.06
wuid	3	77.06
thocht	3	77.06
fell	3	77.06
through	3	77.06
love	2	51.37
on	2	51.37
blink	2	51.37
flair	2	51.37
ash	2	51.37
whill	2	51.37
cracklin	2	51.37
foredaw	2	51.37
sleep	2	51.37
offend	2	51.37
ye've	2	51.37
deep	2	51.37
cobbles	2	51.37
baith	2	51.37
earth	2	51.37
humble	2	51.37
body	2	51.37
pig	2	51.37
riven	2	51.37
peat-hags	2	51.37
sleet	2	51.37
drumskin	2	51.37
condemned	2	51.37
dinnae	2	51.37
must	2	51.37
firth	2	51.37
meltit	2	51.37
glass	2	51.37
israel	2	51.37
picked	2	51.37
visit	2	51.37
snaw	2	51.37
pleesures	2	51.37
awa	2	51.37
lord	2	51.37
heidless	2	51.37
bow	2	51.37
laid	2	51.37
inspiration	2	51.37
texts	2	51.37
made	2	51.37
our	2	51.37
giein	2	51.37
dirk-kaimed	2	51.37
cock	2	51.37
turnkey	2	51.37
feet	2	51.37
erd	2	51.37
weirdly	2	51.37
lift	2	51.37
trade	2	51.37
done	2	51.37
jaloused	2	51.37
kept	2	51.37
slabtoun	2	51.37
sailed	2	51.37
first	2	51.37
bowed	2	51.37
patullo	2	51.37
pittsburgh	2	51.37
gin	2	51.37
dream	2	51.37
played	2	51.37
sword	2	51.37
dominus	2	51.37
saft	2	51.37
takin	2	51.37
sand	2	51.37
monongahela	2	51.37
banks	2	51.37
bane	2	51.37
comfort	2	51.37
horse	2	51.37
reekin	2	51.37
wud	2	51.37
drunk	2	51.37
shame	2	51.37
prood	2	51.37
comin	2	51.37
wumman	2	51.37
wummen	2	51.37
orra	2	51.37
major	2	51.37
man's	2	51.37
history	2	51.37
satyrs	2	51.37
god	2	51.37
gallowlie	2	51.37
waa	2	51.37
mesh	2	51.37
busy	2	51.37
trembled	2	51.37
provost's	2	51.37
shadda	2	51.37
word	2	51.37
face	2	51.37
chaff	2	51.37
meant	2	51.37
daith	2	51.37
doubtfu	2	51.37
back	2	51.37
yersel	2	51.37
fire	2	51.37
aneath	2	51.37
last	2	51.37
wheeshed	2	51.37
whit's	2	51.37
weird	2	51.37
papists	2	51.37
sent	2	51.37
cloak	2	51.37
atween	2	51.37
glintin	2	51.37
deave	2	51.37
crushed	2	51.37
empty	2	51.37
dowie	2	51.37
birled	2	51.37
quayside	2	51.37
bluid	2	51.37
clover	2	51.37
irish	2	51.37
gruel	2	51.37
silence	2	51.37
flauntin	2	51.37
warst	2	51.37
inside	2	51.37
bowhead	2	51.37
witchcraft	2	51.37
seek	2	51.37
hush	2	51.37
blawn	2	51.37
whispered	2	51.37
whiles	2	51.37
bog-cotton	2	51.37
peat	2	51.37
warld	2	51.37
green	2	51.37
faithers	2	51.37
grace	2	51.37
haar	2	51.37
het	2	51.37
cooncil	2	51.37
bend	2	51.37
hawksbeard	2	51.37
naewhere	2	51.37
thochts	2	51.37
greenside	2	51.37
braes	2	51.37
pouer	2	51.37
april	2	51.37
until	2	51.37
come	2	51.37
taen	2	51.37
haudan	2	51.37
send	2	51.37
office	2	51.37
waukened	2	51.37
why	2	51.37
commander	2	51.37
seen	2	51.37
them	2	51.37
guid	2	51.37
flycloud	2	51.37
gaird	2	51.37
body's	2	51.37
he'd	2	51.37
juist	2	51.37
least	2	51.37
answer	2	51.37
grund	2	51.37
dae	2	51.37
alane	2	51.37
stood	2	51.37
satan	2	51.37
thurible	2	51.37
sister	2	51.37
spittle	2	51.37
wolf	2	51.37
tell	2	51.37
tolbooth	2	51.37
west	2	51.37
lurch	2	51.37
glut	2	51.37
anither	2	51.37
bees	2	51.37
stude	2	51.37
bein	2	51.37
sair	2	51.37
lik	2	51.37
mile	2	51.37
skreich	2	51.37
wracked	2	51.37
to	2	51.37
grass	2	51.37
howked	2	51.37
neck	2	51.37
there's	2	51.37
shouthers	2	51.37
humphed	2	51.37
bairn	2	51.37
swithered	2	51.37
banefed	2	51.37
wey	2	51.37
tide	2	51.37
screeds	2	51.37
silversauns	2	51.37
flotsam	2	51.37
presence	2	51.37
lowse	2	51.37
reid	2	51.37
door	2	51.37
micht	2	51.37
time	2	51.37
fae	2	51.37
set	2	51.37
satisfied	2	51.37
unpattrened	2	51.37
ah'd	2	51.37
gied	2	51.37
pages	2	51.37
purple	2	51.37
strand	2	51.37
tears	2	51.37
dreich	2	51.37
fillet	2	51.37
ness	2	51.37
bonspiel	2	51.37
sets	2	51.37
alow	2	51.37
cleek	2	51.37
screen	2	51.37
hard	2	51.37
damask	2	51.37
waves	2	51.37
scots	2	51.37
place	2	51.37
ship's	2	51.37
gowd	2	51.37
thir	2	51.37
weavin	2	51.37