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Sinclair, James matching with South West (Galloway)

Total unique words from Sinclair, James = 457
Total unique words from South West (Galloway) = 11,651
analysis words = 1000
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Author only total : 74.2%
Overlap total : 24.3%
Dialect only total: 75.7%
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Sinclair, James South West (Galloway)
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74.2% 24.3% 75.7%