Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnston, Barbara

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,470
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,666
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.683
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, i, me, in, fur, o, hid,

List of texts in corpus

Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect, categorised as poetry (4,470 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	353	7897.09
a	135	3020.13
an	130	2908.28
tae	125	2796.42
i	91	2035.79
me	76	1700.22
in	67	1498.88
fur	65	1454.14
o	64	1431.77
hid	59	1319.91
on	48	1073.83
is	38	850.11
wis	31	693.51
wae	29	648.77
bit	27	604.03
no	26	581.66
aal	26	581.66
oot	24	536.91
thir	24	536.91
they	23	514.54
be	21	469.8
wir	21	469.8
up	21	469.8
then	20	447.43
fae	19	425.06
at	19	425.06
doon	18	402.68
you	18	402.68
that	17	380.31
wid	16	357.94
and	15	335.57
back	15	335.57
hid's	15	335.57
ahm	14	313.2
when	14	313.2
whut	14	313.2
mak	13	290.83
thir's	13	290.83
night	13	290.83
tak	12	268.46
his	12	268.46
keep	12	268.46
peedie	11	246.09
wan	10	223.71
so	10	223.71
been	10	223.71
will	10	223.71
haer	10	223.71
granny	10	223.71
ower	9	201.34
light	9	201.34
hae	9	201.34
whaur	9	201.34
like	9	201.34
see	9	201.34
thee	9	201.34
taegither	9	201.34
berns	9	201.34
good	9	201.34
faer	8	178.97
end	8	178.97
black	8	178.97
them	8	178.97
shae	8	178.97
he	8	178.97
noo	8	178.97
off	8	178.97
aer	8	178.97
this	8	178.97
ur	8	178.97
intae	8	178.97
day	8	178.97
aboot	7	156.6
cloot	7	156.6
sock	7	156.6
cut	7	156.6
white	7	156.6
bae	7	156.6
roond	7	156.6
long	7	156.6
right	7	156.6
what	7	156.6
strimmer	7	156.6
still	7	156.6
mr	7	156.6
more	7	156.6
three	6	134.23
dance	6	134.23
bern	6	134.23
oan	6	134.23
floor	6	134.23
new	6	134.23
wish	6	134.23
if	6	134.23
lukkan	6	134.23
last	6	134.23
hey	6	134.23
cumman	6	134.23
reed	6	134.23
weeds	6	134.23
set	5	111.86
bed	5	111.86
need	5	111.86
gae	5	111.86
till	5	111.86
home	5	111.86
don't	5	111.86
pat	5	111.86
thim	5	111.86
gaan	5	111.86
time	5	111.86
mind	5	111.86
full	5	111.86
thoo	5	111.86
hoose	5	111.86
cot	5	111.86
left	5	111.86
soond	5	111.86
door	5	111.86
too	5	111.86
minny	5	111.86
nixt	5	111.86
haerd	5	111.86
love	5	111.86
steps	5	111.86
blue	5	111.86
dae	5	111.86
along	5	111.86
yur	5	111.86
sit	5	111.86
even	4	89.49
ould	4	89.49
lukks	4	89.49
sky	4	89.49
path	4	89.49
watter	4	89.49
man	4	89.49
shore	4	89.49
ma-an	4	89.49
ferly	4	89.49
hole	4	89.49
wisna	4	89.49
come	4	89.49
hand	4	89.49
could	4	89.49
coorse	4	89.49
lost	4	89.49
prood	4	89.49
sum	4	89.49
aroond	4	89.49
some	4	89.49
growan	4	89.49
green	4	89.49
standan	4	89.49
gerdeen	4	89.49
ken	4	89.49
gress	4	89.49
afore	4	89.49
flames	4	89.49
socks	4	89.49
rest	4	89.49
quiet	4	89.49
inside	4	89.49
table	4	89.49
dad	4	89.49
sand	4	89.49
better	4	89.49
waey	4	89.49
toon	4	89.49
washeen	4	89.49
efter	4	89.49
happy	4	89.49
we	3	67.11
again	3	67.11
morn	3	67.11
above	3	67.11
whut's	3	67.11
smock	3	67.11
lukk	3	67.11
stand	3	67.11
sent	3	67.11
fund	3	67.11
young	3	67.11
orange	3	67.11
best	3	67.11
twa	3	67.11
dark	3	67.11
five	3	67.11
cum	3	67.11
peony	3	67.11
eye	3	67.11
aar	3	67.11
mine	3	67.11
orkney	3	67.11
rosie	3	67.11
wife	3	67.11
near	3	67.11
felt	3	67.11
done	3	67.11
two	3	67.11
find	3	67.11
there	3	67.11
shaal	3	67.11
neem	3	67.11
frock	3	67.11
he'll	3	67.11
dinner	3	67.11
purple	3	67.11
kinna	3	67.11
hair	3	67.11
chist	3	67.11
freends	3	67.11
broon	3	67.11
glance	3	67.11
ahll	3	67.11
lay	3	67.11
mither	3	67.11
checked	3	67.11
thowt	3	67.11
start	3	67.11
spraed	3	67.11
by	3	67.11
go	3	67.11
smile	3	67.11
hiv	3	67.11
turn	3	67.11
gaes	3	67.11
git	3	67.11
cool	3	67.11
pail	3	67.11
didna	3	67.11
yoke	3	67.11
life	3	67.11
field	3	67.11
geed	3	67.11
waak	3	67.11
gittan	3	67.11
away	3	67.11
bright	3	67.11
wind	3	67.11
thoor	3	67.11
fine	3	67.11
here	3	67.11
dry	3	67.11
faces	3	67.11
belt	3	67.11
land	3	67.11
front	3	67.11
waet	3	67.11
waetan	3	67.11
ithers	3	67.11
taste	3	67.11
bonny	3	67.11
inny	3	67.11
head	3	67.11
roosty	3	67.11
waakan	3	67.11
burn	3	67.11
wave	3	67.11
edge	3	67.11
pow	3	67.11
of	3	67.11
tank	2	44.74
haens	2	44.74
lone	2	44.74
fancy	2	44.74
anither	2	44.74
agen	2	44.74
sight	2	44.74
ditch	2	44.74
tight	2	44.74
tied	2	44.74
shed	2	44.74
flashes	2	44.74
line	2	44.74
geen	2	44.74
gravy	2	44.74
below	2	44.74
yellow	2	44.74
tidal	2	44.74
canada	2	44.74
hingan	2	44.74
norton	2	44.74
motorbikes	2	44.74
gled	2	44.74
sittan	2	44.74
saed	2	44.74
track	2	44.74
stubble	2	44.74
caer	2	44.74
rolls	2	44.74
liked	2	44.74
collar	2	44.74
safe	2	44.74
peaceable	2	44.74
than	2	44.74
lift	2	44.74
waal	2	44.74
secks	2	44.74
drum	2	44.74
mother	2	44.74
apologies	2	44.74
around	2	44.74
tea	2	44.74
help	2	44.74
ah'il	2	44.74
stagger	2	44.74
caal	2	44.74
relief	2	44.74
wans	2	44.74
collie	2	44.74
johnny's	2	44.74
faerther	2	44.74
stone	2	44.74
cowld	2	44.74
sweet	2	44.74
christmas	2	44.74
slower	2	44.74
duff	2	44.74
sometimes	2	44.74
watched	2	44.74
though	2	44.74
west	2	44.74
siller	2	44.74
that's	2	44.74
daean	2	44.74
haed	2	44.74
stove	2	44.74
wa	2	44.74
breest	2	44.74
book	2	44.74
nearly	2	44.74
little	2	44.74
did	2	44.74
hate	2	44.74
pit	2	44.74
clean	2	44.74
pot	2	44.74
wires	2	44.74
run	2	44.74
knit	2	44.74
saet	2	44.74
needan	2	44.74
leave	2	44.74
alone	2	44.74
dirty	2	44.74
fermers	2	44.74
bottle	2	44.74
read	2	44.74
wad	2	44.74
neep	2	44.74
her	2	44.74
aalwis	2	44.74
aet	2	44.74
breakfist	2	44.74
patch	2	44.74
him	2	44.74
feeneesh	2	44.74
lamp	2	44.74
mum	2	44.74
kin	2	44.74
dishes	2	44.74
story	2	44.74
weel	2	44.74
caaled	2	44.74
breeks	2	44.74
rope	2	44.74
piles	2	44.74
fower	2	44.74
soon	2	44.74
window	2	44.74
side	2	44.74
oo	2	44.74
only	2	44.74
shapes	2	44.74
widden	2	44.74
lights	2	44.74
sore	2	44.74
fingers	2	44.74
got	2	44.74
atween	2	44.74
thoo'll	2	44.74
starts	2	44.74
trim	2	44.74
adventure	2	44.74
hoo	2	44.74
ears	2	44.74
soft	2	44.74
spot	2	44.74
worsid	2	44.74
burst	2	44.74
apaece	2	44.74
awaey	2	44.74
perty	2	44.74
bye	2	44.74
pleased	2	44.74
creepie	2	44.74
step	2	44.74
apert	2	44.74
less	2	44.74
haean	2	44.74
scene	2	44.74
sun	2	44.74
claes	2	44.74
final	2	44.74
made	2	44.74
river	2	44.74
innywaey	2	44.74
care	2	44.74
photos	2	44.74
fokk	2	44.74
awey	2	44.74
they'll	2	44.74
brig	2	44.74
granda	2	44.74
loch	2	44.74
spaekan	2	44.74
cream	2	44.74
traet	2	44.74
smooth	2	44.74
men	2	44.74
north	2	44.74
plate	2	44.74
voices	2	44.74
haet	2	44.74
box	2	44.74
corner	2	44.74
wettan	2	44.74
tracks	2	44.74
late	2	44.74
first	2	44.74
version	2	44.74
ready	2	44.74
shiny	2	44.74
he's	2	44.74
graow	2	44.74
lowse	2	44.74
abandon	2	44.74
runs	2	44.74
skin	2	44.74
pulled	2	44.74
across	2	44.74
enough	2	44.74
must	2	44.74
gently	2	44.74
flyan	2	44.74
trees	2	44.74
high	2	44.74
length	2	44.74
gutter	2	44.74
blyde	2	44.74
misseen	2	44.74
blaze	2	44.74
haedan	2	44.74
do	2	44.74
reach	2	44.74
might	2	44.74
through	2	44.74
grund	2	44.74
finally	2	44.74
while	2	44.74
low	2	44.74
notheen	2	44.74
ivrybuddy	2	44.74
times	2	44.74
wae'll	2	44.74
saa	2	44.74
glow	2	44.74
roof	2	44.74
colours	2	44.74
twisted	2	44.74
needed	2	44.74
piece	2	44.74
hids	2	44.74
plenty	2	44.74
sure	2	44.74
cross	2	44.74
mark	2	44.74
fire	2	44.74
lacy	2	44.74