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 48,026.32194.399
ah72 47,368.42186.003
no'11 7,236.84104.349
a'13 8,552.6390.230
o'16 10,526.3286.194
me32 21,052.6367.474
an'13 8,552.6361.067
wi'9 5,921.0556.432
jessie9 5,921.0548.176
never11 7,236.8444.743
the37 24,342.1140.549
too8 5,263.1639.821
that43 28,289.4735.223
always6 3,947.3734.944
thinkin'3 1,973.6832.457
when13 8,552.6331.975
jist15 9,868.4231.461
ah've5 3,289.4731.049
dae13 8,552.6329.242
wish5 3,289.4728.773
wedding3 1,973.6828.611
mornin'3 1,973.6828.611
were12 7,894.7425.857
did10 6,578.9525.122
ken12 7,894.7423.843
mind9 5,921.0521.999
onyway2 1,315.7920.580
would5 3,289.4719.757
used5 3,289.4719.504
sittin'2 1,315.7919.398
ah'd3 1,973.6818.134
remember3 1,973.6817.680
man9 5,921.0517.087
ah'm4 2,631.5816.259
wance3 1,973.6815.939
married2 1,315.7914.671
many3 1,973.6814.441
why4 2,631.5814.352
thegither5 3,289.4714.031
but17 11,184.2113.875
talked2 1,315.7912.966
sich2 1,315.7912.966
yours2 1,315.7912.591
bothered2 1,315.7912.416
wis31 20,394.7412.264
ma17 11,184.2112.204
weans3 1,973.6811.759
promised2 1,315.7911.244
onybody3 1,973.6810.836
talk3 1,973.6810.752
noo9 5,921.0510.413
even6 3,947.3710.391
micht6 3,947.3710.352
woman2 1,315.7910.349
suit2 1,315.7910.349
must3 1,973.6810.198
think6 3,947.3710.018
hae11 7,236.849.999
much4 2,631.589.984
don't2 1,315.799.970
ah'll2 1,315.799.881
whit10 6,578.958.913
jimmy2 1,315.798.687
whether2 1,315.798.624
look4 2,631.588.280
day9 5,921.058.089
didnae4 2,631.587.872
way3 1,973.687.596
after2 1,315.797.548
bother2 1,315.797.456
lads2 1,315.797.071
suppose2 1,315.797.071
he's2 1,315.797.030
getting2 1,315.797.030
faur3 1,973.686.918
have3 1,973.686.805
problem2 1,315.796.798
last4 2,631.586.655
aboot11 7,236.846.600
like10 6,578.956.440
could5 3,289.476.398
quite2 1,315.796.342
wan4 2,631.586.315
that's3 1,973.686.213
really3 1,973.686.180
maybe2 1,315.796.151
happy2 1,315.795.771
hope2 1,315.795.557
be15 9,868.425.528
boy2 1,315.795.381
dinnae3 1,973.685.217
wee8 5,263.165.196
auld6 3,947.375.134
happened2 1,315.795.012
disnae2 1,315.794.926
said6 3,947.374.891
let3 1,973.684.885
week2 1,315.794.884
folk3 1,973.684.850
time7 4,605.264.756
toon2 1,315.794.511
miss2 1,315.794.511
word2 1,315.794.438
because2 1,315.794.420
voice2 1,315.794.402
tae45 29,605.264.303
here5 3,289.474.298
tried2 1,315.794.212
gettin'3 1,973.68nan
it's4 2,631.584.101
bad2 1,315.794.082
only3 1,973.683.819
see6 3,947.373.719
he7 4,605.263.648
aroon2 1,315.793.599
left3 1,973.683.550
i4 2,631.583.450
there8 5,263.163.316
a33 21,710.533.313
got4 2,631.583.226
should2 1,315.793.190
noo'3 1,973.68nan
every2 1,315.794.263
had5 3,289.473.092
bed2 1,315.793.056
mean2 1,315.792.971
fine3 1,973.682.838
telt3 1,973.682.787
oor5 3,289.472.668
guid4 2,631.582.660
john2 1,315.792.647
then4 2,631.582.623
on5 3,289.472.488
so4 2,631.582.478
or2 1,315.792.332
rain2 1,315.792.268
hear2 1,315.792.261
she4 2,631.582.247
ither4 2,631.582.211
them5 3,289.472.132
faither2 1,315.792.070
how2 1,315.792.070
maist3 1,973.682.034
years2 1,315.792.008
afore4 2,631.581.994
again3 1,973.681.894
his5 3,289.471.886
us4 2,631.581.686
come3 1,973.681.671
get4 2,631.581.622
yer5 3,289.471.606
hit2 1,315.791.606
things2 1,315.791.526
better2 1,315.791.460
first3 1,973.681.441
been5 3,289.471.426
went2 1,315.791.421
it23 15,131.581.379
and14 9,210.531.359
days2 1,315.791.354
we9 5,921.051.256
mither2 1,315.791.234
roon2 1,315.791.171
bit2 1,315.791.144
fur2 1,315.791.107
if4 2,631.581.064
in19 12,500.001.016
by4 2,631.580.943
big2 1,315.790.905
weel3 1,973.680.733
they4 2,631.580.689
up4 2,631.580.660
made2 1,315.790.633
een2 1,315.790.584
gie2 1,315.790.556
back2 1,315.790.464
nicht2 1,315.790.454
ony2 1,315.790.454
twa3 1,973.680.398
at8 5,263.160.353
oot5 3,289.470.327
say2 1,315.790.320
aye3 1,973.680.242
him5 3,289.470.209
sae3 1,973.680.147
than2 1,315.790.108
as10 6,578.950.048
for8 5,263.160.045
can2 1,315.790.044
this6 3,947.370.007
are2 1,315.790.006
mair3 1,973.680.006
richt2 1,315.790.001
no4 2,631.580.000