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 48,026.32193.615
ah72 47,368.42187.759
no'11 7,236.84104.665
a'13 8,552.6390.600
o'16 10,526.3286.643
me32 21,052.6367.290
an'13 8,552.6361.428
wi'9 5,921.0556.687
jessie9 5,921.0548.429
never11 7,236.8445.044
the37 24,342.1139.620
too8 5,263.1639.516
always6 3,947.3735.114
that43 28,289.4735.112
thinkin'3 1,973.6832.543
when13 8,552.6332.178
jist15 9,868.4231.289
ah've5 3,289.4731.190
dae13 8,552.6329.310
wish5 3,289.4728.780
wedding3 1,973.6828.697
mornin'3 1,973.6828.697
were12 7,894.7425.760
did10 6,578.9525.181
ken12 7,894.7423.921
mind9 5,921.0522.060
would5 3,289.4719.894
onyway2 1,315.7919.456
sittin'2 1,315.7919.456
used5 3,289.4719.346
ah'd3 1,973.6818.218
remember3 1,973.6817.765
man9 5,921.0517.060
ah'm4 2,631.5816.368
wance3 1,973.6816.023
married2 1,315.7914.728
why4 2,631.5814.376
many3 1,973.6814.362
thegither5 3,289.4714.030
but17 11,184.2113.868
talked2 1,315.7913.023
sich2 1,315.7912.831
wis31 20,394.7412.621
bothered2 1,315.7912.472
ma17 11,184.2112.307
yours2 1,315.7912.305
weans3 1,973.6811.313
promised2 1,315.7911.301
onybody3 1,973.6810.917
talk3 1,973.6810.833
even6 3,947.3710.443
micht6 3,947.3710.405
suit2 1,315.7910.307
noo9 5,921.0510.246
must3 1,973.6810.241
woman2 1,315.7910.211
don't2 1,315.7910.026
think6 3,947.3710.000
ah'll2 1,315.799.937
much4 2,631.589.936
hae11 7,236.849.833
whit10 6,578.959.042
jimmy2 1,315.798.742
whether2 1,315.798.496
look4 2,631.588.345
day9 5,921.058.143
didnae4 2,631.587.789
after2 1,315.797.556
bother2 1,315.797.510
way3 1,973.687.477
getting2 1,315.797.084
he's2 1,315.797.084
lads2 1,315.797.044
suppose2 1,315.797.044
faur3 1,973.686.993
have3 1,973.686.861
problem2 1,315.796.851
last4 2,631.586.664
aboot11 7,236.846.600
like10 6,578.956.522
could5 3,289.476.489
quite2 1,315.796.395
that's3 1,973.686.286
wan4 2,631.586.262
really3 1,973.686.205
maybe2 1,315.796.173
happy2 1,315.795.795
be15 9,868.425.561
hope2 1,315.795.558
boy2 1,315.795.433
auld6 3,947.375.209
wee8 5,263.165.136
dinnae3 1,973.685.111
happened2 1,315.795.063
said6 3,947.374.916
disnae2 1,315.794.914
let3 1,973.684.908
folk3 1,973.684.804
time7 4,605.264.773
noo'3 1,973.68nan
week2 1,315.794.872
miss2 1,315.794.542
word2 1,315.794.469
because2 1,315.794.469
voice2 1,315.794.416
toon2 1,315.794.346
gettin'3 1,973.68nan
every2 1,315.794.312
here5 3,289.474.291
tae45 29,605.264.275
tried2 1,315.794.195
it's4 2,631.584.182
bad2 1,315.794.099
only3 1,973.683.806
see6 3,947.373.724
he7 4,605.263.642
aroon2 1,315.793.580
left3 1,973.683.565
a33 21,710.533.431
i4 2,631.583.381
there8 5,263.163.306
should2 1,315.793.225
got4 2,631.583.145
bed2 1,315.793.069
mean2 1,315.793.016
had5 3,289.472.968
fine3 1,973.682.885
telt3 1,973.682.828
john2 1,315.792.691
guid4 2,631.582.599
oor5 3,289.472.553
then4 2,631.582.551
so4 2,631.582.525
on5 3,289.472.516
or2 1,315.792.366
rain2 1,315.792.272
hear2 1,315.792.227
ither4 2,631.582.181
she4 2,631.582.172
how2 1,315.792.111
faither2 1,315.792.076
them5 3,289.472.073
maist3 1,973.682.032
years2 1,315.791.994
afore4 2,631.581.994
again3 1,973.681.911
his5 3,289.471.881
come3 1,973.681.697
get4 2,631.581.632
hit2 1,315.791.617
us4 2,631.581.605
yer5 3,289.471.546
first3 1,973.681.478
been5 3,289.471.467
things2 1,315.791.462
better2 1,315.791.457
and14 9,210.531.420
went2 1,315.791.385
it23 15,131.581.380
days2 1,315.791.334
mither2 1,315.791.242
we9 5,921.051.177
fur2 1,315.791.177
roon2 1,315.791.144
bit2 1,315.791.133
if4 2,631.581.055
in19 12,500.001.024
by4 2,631.580.918
big2 1,315.790.849
they4 2,631.580.699
weel3 1,973.680.682
up4 2,631.580.664
made2 1,315.790.630
een2 1,315.790.598
gie2 1,315.790.550
ony2 1,315.790.468
nicht2 1,315.790.442
back2 1,315.790.440
twa3 1,973.680.385
at8 5,263.160.339
oot5 3,289.470.323
say2 1,315.790.302
aye3 1,973.680.245
him5 3,289.470.215
sae3 1,973.680.147
than2 1,315.790.112
as10 6,578.950.049
can2 1,315.790.041
for8 5,263.160.034
are2 1,315.790.007
mair3 1,973.680.007
this6 3,947.370.005
richt2 1,315.790.002
no4 2,631.580.001