A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Meikle, William

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,520
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 475
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.2
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ye, ah, tae, that, the, a, me, wis, it, in,

List of texts in corpus

Overheard in a Cemetery
ABCTales.com (2004-09-12) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (1,520 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
ye73 48,026.32193.569
ah72 47,368.42175.375
no'11 7,236.84104.359
a'13 8,552.6391.257
o'16 10,526.3286.996
me32 21,052.6365.550
an'13 8,552.6361.467
wi'9 5,921.0556.618
jessie9 5,921.0548.185
never11 7,236.8443.846
the37 24,342.1140.328
too8 5,263.1639.214
that43 28,289.4735.223
always6 3,947.3734.139
thinkin'3 1,973.6832.460
jist15 9,868.4231.958
when13 8,552.6331.059
ah've5 3,289.4731.054
wedding3 1,973.6829.635
dae13 8,552.6329.071
wish5 3,289.4728.644
mornin'3 1,973.6828.614
were12 7,894.7425.884
did10 6,578.9525.000
ken12 7,894.7424.022
mind9 5,921.0521.944
onyway2 1,315.7920.582
would5 3,289.4719.865
used5 3,289.4719.459
sittin'2 1,315.7919.400
ah'd3 1,973.6818.136
remember3 1,973.6817.263
man9 5,921.0516.979
ah'm4 2,631.5816.262
wance3 1,973.6815.629
married2 1,315.7914.379
why4 2,631.5814.190
thegither5 3,289.4714.115
many3 1,973.6814.047
but17 11,184.2113.672
sich2 1,315.7913.171
talked2 1,315.7912.776
yours2 1,315.7912.593
bothered2 1,315.7912.418
wis31 20,394.7412.294
weans3 1,973.6811.813
promised2 1,315.7911.507
ma17 11,184.2111.201
onybody3 1,973.6810.839
talk3 1,973.6810.713
micht6 3,947.3710.446
woman2 1,315.7910.351
noo9 5,921.0510.334
even6 3,947.3710.332
suit2 1,315.7910.253
must3 1,973.6810.201
think6 3,947.3710.047
hae11 7,236.8410.037
much4 2,631.589.988
don't2 1,315.799.972
ah'll2 1,315.799.883
whit10 6,578.958.788
whether2 1,315.798.753
jimmy2 1,315.798.443
look4 2,631.587.982
day9 5,921.057.974
didnae4 2,631.587.609
bother2 1,315.797.504
after2 1,315.797.504
way3 1,973.687.403
he's2 1,315.797.113
lads2 1,315.797.032
suppose2 1,315.797.032
getting2 1,315.796.992
faur3 1,973.686.959
aboot11 7,236.846.686
last4 2,631.586.670
problem2 1,315.796.653
have3 1,973.686.536
could5 3,289.476.420
quite2 1,315.796.344
like10 6,578.956.305
that's3 1,973.686.248
really3 1,973.686.215
wan4 2,631.586.174
happy2 1,315.795.800
maybe2 1,315.795.773
be15 9,868.425.543
hope2 1,315.795.482
boy2 1,315.795.310
wee8 5,263.165.147
auld6 3,947.375.121
dinnae3 1,973.685.118
disnae2 1,315.795.102
happened2 1,315.795.013
said6 3,947.374.934
let3 1,973.684.864
week2 1,315.794.823
folk3 1,973.684.818
time7 4,605.264.681
toon2 1,315.794.457
word2 1,315.794.421
tae45 29,605.264.390
miss2 1,315.794.386
here5 3,289.474.313
because2 1,315.794.247
tried2 1,315.794.231
it's4 2,631.584.110
bad2 1,315.793.989
only3 1,973.683.892
see6 3,947.373.706
gettin'3 1,973.68nan
voice2 1,315.794.368
aroon2 1,315.793.642
i4 2,631.583.582
left3 1,973.683.560
he7 4,605.263.536
a33 21,710.533.375
there8 5,263.163.277
got4 2,631.583.185
should2 1,315.793.135
noo'3 1,973.68nan
every2 1,315.794.148
had5 3,289.473.099
bed2 1,315.793.036
mean2 1,315.792.951
fine3 1,973.682.827
telt3 1,973.682.796
oor5 3,289.472.694
john2 1,315.792.621
guid4 2,631.582.608
then4 2,631.582.603
so4 2,631.582.480
on5 3,289.472.444
she4 2,631.582.333
hear2 1,315.792.333
rain2 1,315.792.270
ither4 2,631.582.261
or2 1,315.792.259
them5 3,289.472.156
how2 1,315.792.085
afore4 2,631.582.077
maist3 1,973.682.050
faither2 1,315.792.009
years2 1,315.792.002
again3 1,973.681.849
his5 3,289.471.825
us4 2,631.581.704
come3 1,973.681.668
hit2 1,315.791.635
things2 1,315.791.559
get4 2,631.581.555
yer5 3,289.471.534
first3 1,973.681.426
went2 1,315.791.417
better2 1,315.791.412
been5 3,289.471.405
it23 15,131.581.306
and14 9,210.531.300
we9 5,921.051.295
days2 1,315.791.265
mither2 1,315.791.261
roon2 1,315.791.230
fur2 1,315.791.166
bit2 1,315.791.139
in19 12,500.001.012
if4 2,631.580.999
by4 2,631.580.965
big2 1,315.790.890
weel3 1,973.680.734
they4 2,631.580.668
up4 2,631.580.640
made2 1,315.790.619
een2 1,315.790.604
gie2 1,315.790.532
ony2 1,315.790.524
back2 1,315.790.462
nicht2 1,315.790.451
twa3 1,973.680.412
at8 5,263.160.332
oot5 3,289.470.330
aye3 1,973.680.305
say2 1,315.790.279
him5 3,289.470.219
sae3 1,973.680.152
than2 1,315.790.094
as10 6,578.950.060
can2 1,315.790.048
for8 5,263.160.035
this6 3,947.370.006
mair3 1,973.680.004
richt2 1,315.790.002
are2 1,315.790.002
no4 2,631.580.000