A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacDonald, Bo

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,109
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 455
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.437
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - th', mah, ah, tae, as, wis, me, n', o', a,

List of texts in corpus

CAULD NIGHT
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect, categorised as weans (1,109 words)

Author word usage frequencies

WordCount Normalised
per 100,000
th'726492.34
mah554959.42
ah443967.54
tae292614.97
as282524.8
wis232073.94
me232073.94
n'211893.6
o'171532.91
a161442.74
in151352.57
kip151352.57
it151352.57
up131172.23
thare121082.06
his11991.88
somethin9811.54
fae8721.37
felt8721.37
thay7631.2
under7631.2
awa'7631.2
heid7631.2
oan7631.2
hud7631.2
lay5450.86
coupon5450.86
is5450.86
ankle5450.86
nothin5450.86
bit5450.86
een4360.69
slowly4360.69
twas4360.69
body4360.69
cauld4360.69
doon4360.69
something4360.69
stairted4360.69
finally4360.69
it's4360.69
wi'4360.69
feet4360.69
ilk3270.51
eyes3270.51
turned3270.51
wey3270.51
identical3270.51
ne'er3270.51
wee3270.51
be3270.51
how3270.51
come3270.51
silence3270.51
forcin3270.51
became3270.51
noise3270.51
flair3270.51
again3270.51
night3270.51
mynd3270.51
didnae3270.51
he3270.51
lang3270.51
fingers3270.51
time3270.51
aroond3270.51
bedroom3270.51
wance3270.51
disturbin3270.51
foot3270.51
fur3270.51
duvet3270.51
grip3270.51
back3270.51
against3270.51
behind3270.51
win3270.51
thair3270.51
yin3270.51
ower3270.51
chill2180.34
by2180.34
dyke2180.34
breaths2180.34
spread2180.34
thing2180.34
bruise2180.34
hert2180.34
intrigued2180.34
even2180.34
run2180.34
deep2180.34
brain2180.34
nae2180.34
haw2180.34
silent2180.34
on2180.34
themselves2180.34
hee2180.34
tangled2180.34
let2180.34
caught2180.34
keek2180.34
at2180.34
intae2180.34
slipped2180.34
skin2180.34
form2180.34
suddenly2180.34
end2180.34
wull2180.34
creakin2180.34
wasnae2180.34
pushed2180.34
purple2180.34
efter2180.34
whin2180.34
locked2180.34
tis2180.34
weeks2180.34
mak'2180.34
dizziness2180.34
masell2180.34
him2180.34
action2180.34
breath2180.34
boney2180.34
decided2180.34
scream2180.34
bin2180.34
escaped2180.34
wha2180.34
feelin2180.34
looked2180.34
fresh2180.34
appeared2180.34
wooden2180.34
git2180.34
yit2180.34
attempt2180.34
aye2180.34
fankle2180.34
fell2180.34
tak'2180.34
waited2180.34
juist2180.34
discomfort2180.34