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 12,394.65210.771
weemen13 6,445.2285.650
aer4 1,983.1440.462
maggie5 2,478.9336.726
wae14 6,941.0036.536
it2 991.5734.033
vera4 1,983.1433.997
whaar5 2,478.9330.604
wir11 5,453.6429.826
geed4 1,983.1429.626
owld4 1,983.1429.218
sarah3 1,487.3627.961
yir7 3,470.5027.791
bessie3 1,487.3626.941
sheila3 1,487.3626.941
and36 17,848.2925.874
accused3 1,487.3625.316
voices4 1,983.1425.254
sex4 1,983.1425.018
love6 2,974.7124.887
fokk4 1,983.1424.790
wife7 3,470.5023.397
an21 10,411.5023.320
right8 3,966.2923.006
festival4 1,983.1422.993
magnus3 1,487.3622.541
he2 991.5722.433
jane3 1,487.3621.717
gaether2 991.5721.188
go8 3,966.2921.027
lukked3 1,487.3620.055
gallows2 991.5719.466
witchcraft2 991.5719.466
you15 7,436.7919.081
chist3 1,487.3618.999
crossroads2 991.5718.285
trials2 991.5718.285
watchers2 991.5718.285
on30 14,873.5718.002
cathedral2 991.5717.381
more4 1,983.1416.715
holm2 991.5716.647
gibbon2 991.5716.647
plaece2 991.5716.647
sisters3 1,487.3615.761
play5 2,478.9315.048
alasdair2 991.5715.026
dark4 1,983.1414.890
lukkan2 991.5714.607
stories4 1,983.1414.597
mibby2 991.5714.229
faer2 991.5713.884
cowld2 991.5713.567
hid's2 991.5713.567
window2 991.5713.567
director2 991.5713.273
st3 1,487.3613.254
aal4 1,983.1413.156
buses2 991.5713.001
rage2 991.5712.746
buckie2 991.5712.746
lives3 1,487.3612.671
fall2 991.5712.507
tourists2 991.5712.507
emma2 991.5712.282
performance2 991.5712.282
produced2 991.5712.070
burned2 991.5712.070
lantern2 991.5711.868
through6 2,974.7111.489
that7 3,470.5011.241
shelter2 991.5711.154
poor3 1,487.3611.048
ye2 991.5711.006
press3 1,487.3610.548
terrible2 991.5710.284
wrong2 991.5710.284
sing3 1,487.3610.189
double2 991.5710.157
material2 991.5710.033
listen3 1,487.369.995
bliddy2 991.579.914
film2 991.579.914
show3 1,487.369.808
song2 991.579.686
turn4 1,983.149.611
nooadays2 991.579.578
kye2 991.579.369
storm2 991.579.269
park3 1,487.369.081
already2 991.579.077
o62 30,738.729.039
shore2 991.578.984
awey2 991.578.984
mirk2 991.578.894
battle2 991.578.806
don't2 991.578.720
some9 4,462.078.611
rocks2 991.578.553
in49 24,293.518.536
quoys3 1,487.36nan
long3 1,487.368.413
peedie2 991.578.394
wrote2 991.578.394
bear2 991.578.394
streights2 991.57nan
poem3 1,487.368.310
ha2 991.578.242
loved2 991.578.242
the148 73,376.307.813
hands2 991.577.627
group3 1,487.367.413
radio2 991.577.384
empty2 991.577.326
streets2 991.576.944
so7 3,470.506.826
sea3 1,487.366.808
sweet2 991.576.694
his4 1,983.146.547
hid8 3,966.296.546
tell5 2,478.936.459
braethe2 991.57nan
no12 5,949.436.181
ahint3 1,487.366.020
thir4 1,983.145.845
live2 991.575.811
hert3 1,487.365.609
wis11 5,453.645.291
what4 1,983.145.257
i5 2,478.935.245
poems2 991.575.206
past3 1,487.365.150
better4 1,983.145.068
light2 991.575.027
born2 991.575.027
hattamoa2 991.57nan
gan2 991.574.941
hen2 991.574.886
watch2 991.574.831
under2 991.574.777
burwick2 991.57nan
land2 991.574.777
left4 1,983.144.725
walk2 991.574.497
reid2 991.574.497
trees2 991.574.497
wha4 1,983.144.397
early2 991.574.332
started2 991.574.219
winter2 991.573.945
gang3 1,487.363.806
first5 2,478.933.716
takan2 991.57nan
men3 1,487.364.070
middle2 991.573.570
road3 1,487.363.456
toon2 991.573.450
them7 3,470.503.385
blue2 991.573.367
summerdale2 991.57nan
for18 8,924.143.363
free2 991.573.210
bonny2 991.573.164
nivver2 991.573.105
white2 991.572.935
still4 1,983.142.932
black2 991.572.908
then5 2,478.932.872
kirk2 991.572.867
fae10 4,957.862.782
new4 1,983.142.739
as7 3,470.502.712
knittan2 991.57nan
when5 2,478.932.606
street2 991.572.533
again4 1,983.142.466
yet2 991.572.388
but4 1,983.142.357
wan3 1,487.362.123
dae5 2,478.932.114
be6 2,974.712.002
times2 991.571.908
life3 1,487.361.852
noo6 2,974.711.843
aboot3 1,487.361.823
get5 2,478.931.646
whit2 991.571.641
renga2 991.57nan
canna2 991.571.801
doon2 991.571.603
wark2 991.571.478
back2 991.571.377
hiv2 991.571.326
shellmaleens2 991.57nan
a68 33,713.441.322
never2 991.571.302
me4 1,983.141.216
side2 991.571.145
this5 2,478.931.085
bit3 1,487.361.082
need2 991.570.990
been2 991.570.952
buey2 991.57nan
tak3 1,487.360.932
set2 991.570.903
things2 991.570.890
year3 1,487.360.884
could3 1,487.360.874
time2 991.570.857
want2 991.570.840
will3 1,487.360.787
bairns2 991.570.768
sic2 991.570.727
same2 991.570.596
ower3 1,487.360.563
if2 991.570.433
scottish2 991.570.432
or5 2,478.930.392
fine2 991.570.376
like4 1,983.140.364
than3 1,487.360.324
oot7 3,470.500.279
here3 1,487.360.248
door2 991.570.233
by4 1,983.140.232
they9 4,462.070.176
see4 1,983.140.170
afore3 1,487.360.169
quaality2 991.57nan
weel3 1,487.360.181
mind2 991.570.165
we9 4,462.070.127
think2 991.570.124
up7 3,470.500.070
haed2 991.570.066
are3 1,487.360.066
come2 991.570.050
bi2 991.570.049
her11 5,453.640.042
pit2 991.570.032
efter2 991.570.030
laevan2 991.57nan
is13 6,445.220.026
laughan2 991.57nan
orkney's2 991.57nan
tae44 21,814.580.017
wid2 991.570.017
caer2 991.57nan
got2 991.570.010
day4 1,983.140.001
at13 6,445.220.000