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Burgess, Wilson

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 5,322
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,614
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.297
Tagged as WUL (West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, ah, in, an', o', hae, an, mae,

List of texts in corpus

Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems
Scots Language Centre (2007-12-06 ) in Ulster (L'Derry) dialect, categorised as poetry (5,322 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	267	5016.91
a	183	3438.56
tae	156	2931.23
ah	96	1803.83
in	91	1709.88
an'	82	1540.77
o'	77	1446.82
hae	76	1428.03
an	59	1108.61
mae	56	1052.24
haes	51	958.29
yae	51	958.29
it	47	883.13
on	46	864.34
that	39	732.81
fir	37	695.23
he	35	657.65
man	33	620.07
for	32	601.28
is	32	601.28
they	32	601.28
but	32	601.28
bae	31	582.49
noo	30	563.7
we	30	563.7
at	28	526.12
yir	28	526.12
wiz	27	507.33
hir	25	469.75
wee	25	469.75
wae	25	469.75
al'	24	450.96
me	22	413.38
as	22	413.38
this	21	394.59
frae	21	394.59
she	21	394.59
nivir	21	394.59
oot	20	375.8
dae	20	375.8
whin	19	357.01
sae	18	338.22
ye	18	338.22
doon	18	338.22
aboot	18	338.22
no	17	319.43
got	17	319.43
up	17	319.43
jist	17	319.43
time	16	300.64
nae	16	300.64
him	16	300.64
oor	16	300.64
think	15	281.85
so	15	281.85
see	15	281.85
still	15	281.85
be	15	281.85
go	14	263.06
had	14	263.06
ah'm	14	263.06
whit	14	263.06
life	14	263.06
if	14	263.06
wir	14	263.06
thir	13	244.27
wi'	13	244.27
come	13	244.27
or	12	225.48
big	12	225.48
ah'll	12	225.48
its	12	225.48
agaen	12	225.48
know	12	225.48
wis	11	206.69
wid	11	206.69
bit	11	206.69
a'	11	206.69
day	11	206.69
git	10	187.9
he'll	10	187.9
tell	10	187.9
will	10	187.9
that's	10	187.9
yin	10	187.9
some	9	169.11
owl	9	169.11
men	9	169.11
tak'	9	169.11
can	9	169.11
guid	9	169.11
say	9	169.11
sam	9	169.11
burnquarter	9	169.11
gie	8	150.32
them	8	150.32
sure	8	150.32
when	8	150.32
are	8	150.32
it's	8	150.32
han'	8	150.32
bak'	8	150.32
th'	8	150.32
sit	8	150.32
worl'	8	150.32
there	8	150.32
hear	8	150.32
bother	8	150.32
hame	7	131.53
luk	7	131.53
lang	7	131.53
lik'	7	131.53
years	7	131.53
place	7	131.53
says	7	131.53
oul	7	131.53
aye	7	131.53
what	7	131.53
schule	7	131.53
boys	7	131.53
left	7	131.53
laik	7	131.53
mony	7	131.53
his	7	131.53
far	7	131.53
happy	7	131.53
nicht	7	131.53
money	6	112.74
want	6	112.74
oul'	6	112.74
shure	6	112.74
och	6	112.74
aff	6	112.74
toon	6	112.74
lint	6	112.74
days	6	112.74
ploughman	6	112.74
did	6	112.74
shud	6	112.74
yisterdays	6	112.74
yaes	6	112.74
made	6	112.74
ulster	6	112.74
free	6	112.74
ca'n	6	112.74
baen	6	112.74
roon	5	93.95
ah'd	5	93.95
get	5	93.95
seen	5	93.95
net	5	93.95
ah'	5	93.95
rain	5	93.95
gae	5	93.95
hard	5	93.95
rin	5	93.95
wullie	5	93.95
then	5	93.95
same	5	93.95
met	5	93.95
quare	5	93.95
efter	5	93.95
robby	5	93.95
whir	5	93.95
tuk	5	93.95
poor	5	93.95
gaen	5	93.95
sen'	5	93.95
set	5	93.95
car	5	93.95
wi	5	93.95
he'd	5	93.95
best	5	93.95
anither	5	93.95
mair	5	93.95
her	5	93.95
half	5	93.95
cannae	5	93.95
yae'll	5	93.95
micht	5	93.95
thocht	5	93.95
mill	4	75.16
lot	4	75.16
air	4	75.16
soon	4	75.16
thit	4	75.16
lan'	4	75.16
ir	4	75.16
work	4	75.16
caul	4	75.16
pulled	4	75.16
here	4	75.16
better	4	75.16
summer	4	75.16
ullans	4	75.16
thon	4	75.16
only	4	75.16
ah'il	4	75.16
maybe	4	75.16
thru'	4	75.16
thim	4	75.16
new	4	75.16
iver	4	75.16
cud	4	75.16
ahoghill	4	75.16
and	4	75.16
show	4	75.16
through	4	75.16
we'll	4	75.16
ivery	4	75.16
dinnae	4	75.16
twa	4	75.16
stooks	4	75.16
healy	4	75.16
engineer	4	75.16
luked	4	75.16
heart	4	75.16
al'wiz	4	75.16
kilrea	4	75.16
lukin'	4	75.16
ither	4	75.16
keep	4	75.16
tay	4	75.16
fair	4	75.16
richt	4	75.16
very	4	75.16
yit	4	75.16
you	4	75.16
last	4	75.16
smile	4	75.16
heid	4	75.16
seems	4	75.16
cum	4	75.16
peace	4	75.16
face	4	75.16
rich	4	75.16
folk	4	75.16
comfort	4	75.16
ithers	4	75.16
though	4	75.16
coo	4	75.16
twenty	3	56.37
toil	3	56.37
withoot	3	56.37
feelin'	3	56.37
done	3	56.37
lay	3	56.37
wife	3	56.37
since	3	56.37
well	3	56.37
wet	3	56.37
horses	3	56.37
thirs	3	56.37
mak's	3	56.37
viry	3	56.37
bocht	3	56.37
sittin	3	56.37
must	3	56.37
maun	3	56.37
bate	3	56.37
they'll	3	56.37
loast	3	56.37
proud	3	56.37
ower	3	56.37
ate	3	56.37
let	3	56.37
o	3	56.37
battle	3	56.37
fast	3	56.37
near	3	56.37
focht	3	56.37
wak'ed	3	56.37
coorse	3	56.37
mester	3	56.37
stap	3	56.37
reached	3	56.37
bottle	3	56.37
went	3	56.37
ulstermen	3	56.37
jobs	3	56.37
spring	3	56.37
changed	3	56.37
road	3	56.37
way	3	56.37
polis	3	56.37
worked	3	56.37
wanted	3	56.37
eccent	3	56.37
united	3	56.37
name	3	56.37
turnips	3	56.37
ye'll	3	56.37
stan'	3	56.37
foreign	3	56.37
setterday	3	56.37
need	3	56.37
gaun	3	56.37
he's	3	56.37
caen	3	56.37
young	3	56.37
drink	3	56.37
away	3	56.37
times	3	56.37
street	3	56.37
than	3	56.37
drap	3	56.37
why	3	56.37
fear	3	56.37
were	3	56.37
al	3	56.37
hardly	3	56.37
naethin'	3	56.37
fermer	3	56.37
gether	3	56.37
en'	3	56.37
places	3	56.37
shooer	3	56.37
six	3	56.37
afore	3	56.37
said	3	56.37
davy	3	56.37
dream	3	56.37
niver	3	56.37
mars	3	56.37
nancy	3	56.37
salmon	3	56.37
they'd	3	56.37
nixt	3	56.37
tak	2	37.58
mad	2	37.58
tryin'	2	37.58
e-mail	2	37.58
smert	2	37.58
much	2	37.58
natur's	2	37.58
a'l	2	37.58
readin'	2	37.58
strife	2	37.58
yins	2	37.58
use	2	37.58
she'll	2	37.58
fin	2	37.58
past	2	37.58
ill	2	37.58
kept	2	37.58
whaur	2	37.58
mony'	2	37.58
care	2	37.58
more	2	37.58
there's	2	37.58
wilcome	2	37.58
ain	2	37.58
live	2	37.58
thru	2	37.58
whiriver	2	37.58
disnae	2	37.58
cheer	2	37.58
lotto	2	37.58
coort	2	37.58
maesel'	2	37.58
som'	2	37.58
hale	2	37.58
no'	2	37.58
blue	2	37.58
human	2	37.58
eyes	2	37.58
night	2	37.58
fal'	2	37.58
begin	2	37.58
ash	2	37.58
spin	2	37.58
bailiff	2	37.58
faith	2	37.58
notion	2	37.58
scots	2	37.58
stert	2	37.58
agivey	2	37.58
bush	2	37.58
af	2	37.58
carnroe	2	37.58
hadnae	2	37.58
ah''ll	2	37.58
aften	2	37.58
never	2	37.58
fish	2	37.58
cal'd	2	37.58
weel	2	37.58
loud	2	37.58
takin'	2	37.58
feelin	2	37.58
three	2	37.58
peaceful	2	37.58
grow	2	37.58
larnin	2	37.58
computer	2	37.58
gone	2	37.58
while	2	37.58
weemin	2	37.58
blame	2	37.58
banks	2	37.58
plant	2	37.58
called	2	37.58
unner	2	37.58
bi'	2	37.58
cutty	2	37.58
ivir	2	37.58
yisterday	2	37.58
aks	2	37.58
lock	2	37.58
good	2	37.58
oxter	2	37.58
lukin	2	37.58
getting	2	37.58
coulrain'	2	37.58
too	2	37.58
stay	2	37.58
intae	2	37.58
bann	2	37.58
diamon	2	37.58
coul'	2	37.58
n'	2	37.58
settled	2	37.58
wunters	2	37.58
miles	2	37.58
al'wis	2	37.58
erms	2	37.58
trade	2	37.58
caught	2	37.58
en'o	2	37.58
words	2	37.58
trate	2	37.58
my	2	37.58
larnt	2	37.58
maesel	2	37.58
plan	2	37.58
these	2	37.58
ax'ed	2	37.58
sense	2	37.58
voice	2	37.58
thinkin'	2	37.58
praties	2	37.58
grate	2	37.58
stuff	2	37.58
nane	2	37.58
meet	2	37.58
content	2	37.58
lesson	2	37.58
wiy	2	37.58
bride	2	37.58
water	2	37.58
feet	2	37.58
numb	2	37.58
boy	2	37.58
thole	2	37.58
warmer	2	37.58
himsel'	2	37.58
naethin	2	37.58
han's	2	37.58
throw	2	37.58
caan	2	37.58
dreech	2	37.58
sneddin	2	37.58
green	2	37.58
chair	2	37.58
country	2	37.58
lake	2	37.58
gettin'	2	37.58
lovely	2	37.58
drappin'	2	37.58
mist	2	37.58
earth	2	37.58
suspicious	2	37.58
bigger	2	37.58
mak'	2	37.58
evenins'	2	37.58
eleventh	2	37.58
land	2	37.58
pit	2	37.58
bin	2	37.58
female	2	37.58
hunters	2	37.58
bellamaina	2	37.58
line	2	37.58
polisman	2	37.58
first	2	37.58
wiznae	2	37.58
workin'	2	37.58
awa	2	37.58
moss	2	37.58
busy	2	37.58
gless	2	37.58
scene	2	37.58
fin'	2	37.58
bleached	2	37.58
each	2	37.58
play	2	37.58
sits	2	37.58
king	2	37.58
lived	2	37.58
dark	2	37.58
hair	2	37.58
tells	2	37.58
min'	2	37.58
ir'	2	37.58
trick	2	37.58
try	2	37.58
george	2	37.58
doze	2	37.58
enuch	2	37.58
searched	2	37.58
wunter	2	37.58
daein'	2	37.58
minute	2	37.58
proddysins	2	37.58
cathlics	2	37.58
shooder	2	37.58
ermchair	2	37.58
been	2	37.58
bike	2	37.58
ye'd	2	37.58
who	2	37.58
brithers	2	37.58
instead	2	37.58
fly	2	37.58
we're	2	37.58
started	2	37.58
sore	2	37.58
came	2	37.58
bricht	2	37.58
age	2	37.58
gled	2	37.58
pass	2	37.58
wullies's	2	37.58
motor	2	37.58
al'ways	2	37.58
unless	2	37.58
cowl	2	37.58
bridge	2	37.58
warmin'	2	37.58
like	2	37.58
knowledge	2	37.58
truth	2	37.58
fine	2	37.58
global	2	37.58
wud	2	37.58
steady	2	37.58
stuck-up	2	37.58
bad	2	37.58
blondie	2	37.58
plough	2	37.58
wint	2	37.58
before	2	37.58
comes	2	37.58
rivers	2	37.58
whiniver	2	37.58
fiel	2	37.58
how	2	37.58
power	2	37.58
wil	2	37.58
nighbours	2	37.58
snow	2	37.58
naebody	2	37.58
pain	2	37.58
wish	2	37.58
frienly	2	37.58
howl	2	37.58
mither	2	37.58
bowl	2	37.58
ony	2	37.58
behin'	2	37.58
ten	2	37.58
lik	2	37.58
somethin'	2	37.58
fecht	2	37.58
pull	2	37.58