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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 59,099.44166.133
haggis10 9,380.8691.220
neeps10 9,380.8689.216
they31 29,080.6871.717
tattie9 8,442.7869.358
tatties8 7,504.6962.108
neep8 7,504.6960.836
wa7 6,566.6055.441
each9 8,442.7852.296
aw16 15,009.3832.044
steyed3 2,814.2626.331
sang5 4,690.4324.270
side6 5,628.5220.029
yin7 6,566.6019.054
then8 7,504.6917.911
were8 7,504.6916.448
shines2 1,876.1715.516
grew3 2,814.2615.323
groond2 1,876.1714.792
roots2 1,876.1714.374
tale3 2,814.2614.338
ye'll3 2,814.2614.062
girnin2 1,876.1713.187
hate2 1,876.1712.905
laughed2 1,876.1712.772
heids3 2,814.2612.483
herts2 1,876.1712.165
thegither4 3,752.3512.095
built2 1,876.1711.947
ainly2 1,876.1711.842
line3 2,814.2611.524
dinnae4 3,752.3511.341
doon9 8,442.7811.193
guid6 5,628.5210.605
sangs2 1,876.1710.125
they'd2 1,876.1710.060
ither6 5,628.529.690
wide2 1,876.179.147
such2 1,876.179.097
cried3 2,814.268.858
cast2 1,876.178.718
their7 6,566.608.517
sun3 2,814.268.452
they're2 1,876.178.214
sing2 1,876.177.772
sleep2 1,876.177.379
drink2 1,876.177.257
widnae2 1,876.177.197
fear2 1,876.176.997
can6 5,628.526.958
made4 3,752.356.847
haund2 1,876.176.781
tellt2 1,876.176.781
sae6 5,628.526.682
lugs2 1,876.176.678
soond2 1,876.176.481
wi2 1,876.176.476
happened2 1,876.176.250
stert2 1,876.176.184
thae3 2,814.266.098
chance2 1,876.175.951
stertit2 1,876.175.890
across2 1,876.175.870
toon2 1,876.175.734
three3 2,814.265.338
wan3 2,814.265.036
same3 2,814.265.010
open2 1,876.174.726
sat2 1,876.174.671
jist5 4,690.434.648
street2 1,876.174.643
wee6 5,628.524.381
tap2 1,876.174.287
but9 8,442.784.271
it6 5,628.524.250
haud2 1,876.174.204
braw2 1,876.174.158
noo5 4,690.434.141
took2 1,876.173.937
he4 3,752.353.908
came2 1,876.173.655
it's3 2,814.263.350
end2 1,876.173.339
hear2 1,876.173.339
never2 1,876.173.255
your2 1,876.173.103
look2 1,876.173.012
up8 7,504.692.906
while2 1,876.172.723
ye10 9,380.862.660
wis6 5,628.522.597
is3 2,814.262.456
through2 1,876.172.413
as3 2,814.262.413
by4 3,752.352.369
bairns2 1,876.172.368
lang3 2,814.262.278
in11 10,318.952.189
i3 2,814.262.115
oot2 1,876.171.737
tae17 15,947.471.692
til2 1,876.171.578
the71 66,604.131.271
did2 1,876.171.168
nicht2 1,876.171.159
oor3 2,814.261.101
o27 25,328.331.089
tak2 1,876.171.071
could2 1,876.171.055
whit4 3,752.351.030
his4 3,752.350.836
got2 1,876.170.815
on9 8,442.780.801
wey2 1,876.170.774
that8 7,504.690.659
yer3 2,814.260.567
at5 4,690.430.564
when2 1,876.170.564
aboot2 1,876.170.507
a35 32,833.020.473
nae2 1,876.170.406
be4 3,752.350.386
dae2 1,876.170.369
fae4 3,752.350.351
ken2 1,876.170.268
like2 1,876.170.247
get2 1,876.170.246
there2 1,876.170.218
auld2 1,876.170.214
had2 1,876.170.208
hae2 1,876.170.106
if2 1,876.170.094
or4 3,752.350.068
them2 1,876.170.054
see2 1,876.170.048
no3 2,814.260.017
we4 3,752.350.014