A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Orkney Voices Group

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,017
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 953
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.116
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, tae, and, on, orkney, an, for,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (102 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (448 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (67 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (32 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (99 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (71 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (101 words)
Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (1,097 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
orkney25 12,394.65209.968
weemen13 6,445.2285.596
aer4 1,983.1440.445
maggie5 2,478.9336.705
wae14 6,941.0036.422
vera4 1,983.1433.981
it2 991.5733.689
whaar5 2,478.9330.584
wir11 5,453.6429.621
owld4 1,983.1429.202
geed4 1,983.1428.444
sarah3 1,487.3627.949
yir7 3,470.5027.763
bessie3 1,487.3626.928
sheila3 1,487.3626.928
and36 17,848.2926.150
love6 2,974.7125.485
accused3 1,487.3625.304
voices4 1,983.1425.237
sex4 1,983.1425.002
fokk4 1,983.1424.774
an21 10,411.5023.982
wife7 3,470.5023.418
right8 3,966.2923.048
festival4 1,983.1422.800
he2 991.5722.690
magnus3 1,487.3622.528
jane3 1,487.3621.704
go8 3,966.2921.184
gaether2 991.5721.180
lukked3 1,487.3620.042
you15 7,436.7919.790
witchcraft2 991.5719.458
gallows2 991.5719.458
chist3 1,487.3618.986
crossroads2 991.5718.277
trials2 991.5718.277
watchers2 991.5718.277
on30 14,873.5717.768
cathedral2 991.5717.372
more4 1,983.1416.699
plaece2 991.5716.639
holm2 991.5716.639
gibbon2 991.5716.639
sisters3 1,487.3615.480
play5 2,478.9315.107
alasdair2 991.5715.018
stories4 1,983.1414.814
dark4 1,983.1414.639
lukkan2 991.5714.599
mibby2 991.5714.220
faer2 991.5713.875
window2 991.5713.558
cowld2 991.5713.558
hid's2 991.5713.558
fall2 991.5713.558
director2 991.5713.265
st3 1,487.3613.241
buses2 991.5712.993
lives3 1,487.3612.901
aal4 1,983.1412.778
rage2 991.5712.738
buckie2 991.5712.738
tourists2 991.5712.499
emma2 991.5712.274
performance2 991.5712.274
produced2 991.5712.061
burned2 991.5712.061
lantern2 991.5711.860
through6 2,974.7111.584
that7 3,470.5011.222
poor3 1,487.3611.154
shelter2 991.5710.986
ye2 991.5710.847
press3 1,487.3610.589
sing3 1,487.3610.328
wrong2 991.5710.276
terrible2 991.5710.276
double2 991.5710.148
listen3 1,487.3610.128
material2 991.579.906
bliddy2 991.579.906
film2 991.579.906
show3 1,487.369.889
song2 991.579.790
nooadays2 991.579.678
turn4 1,983.149.677
already2 991.579.464
kye2 991.579.361
park3 1,487.369.150
storm2 991.579.068
awey2 991.578.976
shore2 991.578.886
o62 30,738.728.875
don't2 991.578.712
long3 1,487.368.651
battle2 991.578.627
wrote2 991.578.627
some9 4,462.078.602
bear2 991.578.545
in49 24,293.518.494
rocks2 991.578.465
quoys3 1,487.36nan
mirk2 991.578.465
loved2 991.578.465
peedie2 991.578.386
poem3 1,487.368.298
streights2 991.57nan
ha2 991.578.234
the148 73,376.307.698
hands2 991.577.619
empty2 991.577.495
radio2 991.577.435
group3 1,487.367.319
streets2 991.576.936
so7 3,470.506.814
sweet2 991.576.687
his4 1,983.146.655
sea3 1,487.366.651
hid8 3,966.296.523
no12 5,949.436.320
ahint3 1,487.365.989
braethe2 991.57nan
tell5 2,478.936.443
live2 991.575.916
thir4 1,983.145.845
hert3 1,487.365.636
wis11 5,453.645.340
poems2 991.575.198
better4 1,983.145.184
born2 991.575.138
past3 1,487.365.123
i5 2,478.935.080
light2 991.575.020
hen2 991.574.962
watch2 991.574.906
gan2 991.574.851
walk2 991.574.824
land2 991.574.770
left4 1,983.144.734
reid2 991.574.466
trees2 991.574.466
early2 991.574.418
wha4 1,983.144.414
started2 991.574.212
men3 1,487.364.136
winter2 991.573.938
gang3 1,487.363.785
first5 2,478.933.736
middle2 991.573.598
toon2 991.573.528
road3 1,487.363.395
hattamoa2 991.57nan
what4 1,983.145.208
burwick2 991.57nan
under2 991.575.020
blue2 991.573.393
them7 3,470.503.369
bonny2 991.573.143
summerdale2 991.57nan
for18 8,924.143.221
free2 991.573.128
white2 991.573.012
black2 991.572.998
nivver2 991.572.984
then5 2,478.932.908
still4 1,983.142.908
fae10 4,957.862.889
when5 2,478.932.834
kirk2 991.572.821
as7 3,470.502.781
street2 991.572.562
knittan2 991.57nan
new4 1,983.142.754
again4 1,983.142.537
yet2 991.572.360
but4 1,983.142.296
wan3 1,487.362.240
dae5 2,478.932.174
times2 991.571.903
noo6 2,974.711.871
aboot3 1,487.361.863
life3 1,487.361.862
canna2 991.571.795
get5 2,478.931.723
whit2 991.571.592
takan2 991.57nan
be6 2,974.712.008
doon2 991.571.590
wark2 991.571.507
never2 991.571.414
back2 991.571.372
renga2 991.57nan
shellmaleens2 991.57nan
a68 33,713.441.369
buey2 991.57nan
hiv2 991.571.268
side2 991.571.135
bit3 1,487.361.092
this5 2,478.931.081
me4 1,983.141.041
need2 991.571.018
been2 991.570.936
tak3 1,487.360.894
year3 1,487.360.885
could3 1,487.360.875
set2 991.570.873
things2 991.570.860
want2 991.570.856
time2 991.570.835
will3 1,487.360.805
bairns2 991.570.764
sic2 991.570.715
same2 991.570.593
ower3 1,487.360.584
scottish2 991.570.467
or5 2,478.930.435
if2 991.570.393
fine2 991.570.377
than3 1,487.360.353
like4 1,983.140.336
oot7 3,470.500.274
here3 1,487.360.243
by4 1,983.140.220
door2 991.570.217
weel3 1,487.360.179
see4 1,983.140.172
quaality2 991.57nan
they9 4,462.070.171
mind2 991.570.168
afore3 1,487.360.144
think2 991.570.119
we9 4,462.070.113
are3 1,487.360.089
up7 3,470.500.077
haed2 991.570.059
bi2 991.570.050
come2 991.570.050
her11 5,453.640.030
laughan2 991.57nan
pit2 991.570.028
efter2 991.570.026
is13 6,445.220.024
laevan2 991.57nan
orkney's2 991.57nan
wid2 991.570.019
tae44 21,814.580.012
got2 991.570.011
caer2 991.57nan
day4 1,983.140.003
at13 6,445.220.000