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Morning, Carey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,066
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 478
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.23
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, a, they, o, tae, aw, in, haggis, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Neeps and Tatties
self-published (2020 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (1,066 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
and63 59,099.44165.450
haggis10 9,380.8691.262
neeps10 9,380.8689.740
they31 29,080.6871.830
tattie9 8,442.7869.396
tatties8 7,504.6962.142
neep8 7,504.6960.870
wa7 6,566.6055.471
each9 8,442.7852.236
aw16 15,009.3831.715
steyed3 2,814.2625.516
sang5 4,690.4324.116
side6 5,628.5220.078
yin7 6,566.6019.098
then8 7,504.6917.826
were8 7,504.6916.477
shines2 1,876.1715.524
grew3 2,814.2615.472
roots2 1,876.1714.382
tale3 2,814.2614.294
groond2 1,876.1714.189
ye'll3 2,814.2614.074
girnin2 1,876.1713.052
hate2 1,876.1712.914
laughed2 1,876.1712.780
heids3 2,814.2612.495
herts2 1,876.1712.287
thegither4 3,752.3512.174
built2 1,876.1711.955
ainly2 1,876.1711.749
line3 2,814.2611.272
dinnae4 3,752.3511.208
doon9 8,442.7811.155
guid6 5,628.5210.517
they'd2 1,876.1710.068
sangs2 1,876.1710.004
ither6 5,628.529.809
wide2 1,876.179.206
such2 1,876.179.155
cried3 2,814.268.809
cast2 1,876.178.726
their7 6,566.608.580
sun3 2,814.268.445
they're2 1,876.178.222
sing2 1,876.177.677
sleep2 1,876.177.325
widnae2 1,876.177.205
drink2 1,876.177.176
fear2 1,876.177.118
can6 5,628.526.911
haund2 1,876.176.815
made4 3,752.356.808
sae6 5,628.526.732
lugs2 1,876.176.686
tellt2 1,876.176.636
soond2 1,876.176.489
wi2 1,876.176.386
happened2 1,876.176.258
stert2 1,876.176.192
thae3 2,814.266.187
stertit2 1,876.175.918
chance2 1,876.175.898
across2 1,876.175.838
toon2 1,876.175.647
three3 2,814.265.423
same3 2,814.265.020
wan3 2,814.264.886
sat2 1,876.174.803
jist5 4,690.434.769
street2 1,876.174.610
open2 1,876.174.531
it6 5,628.524.354
wee6 5,628.524.338
tap2 1,876.174.318
haud2 1,876.174.247
but9 8,442.784.194
braw2 1,876.174.165
noo5 4,690.434.108
took2 1,876.174.009
he4 3,752.353.821
came2 1,876.173.710
hear2 1,876.173.423
end2 1,876.173.397
it's3 2,814.263.364
never2 1,876.173.110
your2 1,876.172.989
up8 7,504.692.940
look2 1,876.172.859
while2 1,876.172.790
ye10 9,380.862.583
wis6 5,628.522.572
is3 2,814.262.447
by4 3,752.352.400
through2 1,876.172.385
bairns2 1,876.172.374
as3 2,814.262.367
lang3 2,814.262.308
i3 2,814.262.193
in11 10,318.952.175
oot2 1,876.171.746
tae17 15,947.471.649
til2 1,876.171.591
the71 66,604.131.305
nicht2 1,876.171.158
did2 1,876.171.150
o27 25,328.331.130
oor3 2,814.261.117
tak2 1,876.171.103
could2 1,876.171.055
whit4 3,752.350.995
on9 8,442.780.834
his4 3,752.350.806
got2 1,876.170.803
wey2 1,876.170.788
that8 7,504.690.663
at5 4,690.430.543
yer3 2,814.260.531
when2 1,876.170.495
aboot2 1,876.170.492
a35 32,833.020.452
nae2 1,876.170.399
be4 3,752.350.384
dae2 1,876.170.352
fae4 3,752.350.326
ken2 1,876.170.281
like2 1,876.170.264
get2 1,876.170.226
there2 1,876.170.226
auld2 1,876.170.212
had2 1,876.170.211
hae2 1,876.170.102
or4 3,752.350.083
if2 1,876.170.079
them2 1,876.170.056
see2 1,876.170.047
no3 2,814.260.013
we4 3,752.350.011