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Dialect details

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Doric

Total words in dialect :667,706 (20.5% of full corpus)
Total unique words : 43,373 (6.5% of dialect)
Total hapax legomenon (words occurring only once) : 22,305
Total words occurring more than once : 21,068
Locations within this dialect include:-
Brouch
Banff
Peterhead
Aberdeen
Inverurie
Keith
Buckie
Forres
St Andrews
Montrose
Aberdeenshire
Banffshire
Stonehaven
Alford
Fraserburgh
Troup
Boddam
Dumfries
Arbroath
Caithness

Number of writers : 113
1. Blackhall, Sheena 81,060 words 12.14% of this dialect
2. Leslie, Deborah 75,637 words 11.33% of this dialect
3. Smith, Alex 43,298 words 6.48% of this dialect
4. Pacitti, Stephen 35,163 words 5.27% of this dialect
5. Hay, Gordon M. 30,594 words 4.58% of this dialect
6. Hutchison, Pat 27,930 words 4.18% of this dialect
7. Byrne, Catherine 26,694 words 4% of this dialect
8. Whyte, Brian 26,258 words 3.93% of this dialect
9. Morrison, Gordon 26,054 words 3.9% of this dialect
10. McClure, Derrick J. 21,219 words 3.18% of this dialect
11. Kynoch, Douglas 14,538 words 2.18% of this dialect
12. Grant, Margaret 14,216 words 2.13% of this dialect
13. Uri, Antonia 13,288 words 1.99% of this dialect
14. Strachan, Shane 12,230 words 1.83% of this dialect
15. McGregor, Iain 10,125 words 1.52% of this dialect
16. Lawrie, Alistair 8,992 words 1.35% of this dialect
17. Hamilton, Roddy 6,136 words 0.92% of this dialect
18. Vettese, Raymond 4,866 words 0.73% of this dialect
19. McDonald, John 4,779 words 0.72% of this dialect
20. Benzie, Lesley 4,504 words 0.67% of this dialect
21. Morrison Murray, Harold 4,089 words 0.61% of this dialect
22. Cameron, Alan 3,901 words 0.58% of this dialect
23. Murdoch, Steve 3,747 words 0.56% of this dialect
24. Goodall, Phyllis J. 3,500 words 0.52% of this dialect
25. Johnson, Mary 3,467 words 0.52% of this dialect
26. Johnston, Mary 3,145 words 0.47% of this dialect
27. Thom, Bill 2,800 words 0.42% of this dialect
28. Robertson, George C. 2,595 words 0.39% of this dialect
29. Shearer, Gillian 2,253 words 0.34% of this dialect
30. Young, Morna 2,057 words 0.31% of this dialect
31. McDonald, Charlie 2,000 words 0.3% of this dialect
32. Mitchell, Rhona 1,997 words 0.3% of this dialect
33. Maitland, Andrew 1,993 words 0.3% of this dialect
34. Elphinstone Institute 1,907 words 0.29% of this dialect
35. Storrie Lewis, Jean 1,851 words 0.28% of this dialect
36. Mitchell, Ian R. 1,772 words 0.27% of this dialect
37. The Flying Pigs 1,765 words 0.26% of this dialect
38. The Mannie Fae Unco 1,728 words 0.26% of this dialect
39. Gilbert, Jo 1,722 words 0.26% of this dialect
40. TheChielMeister 1,670 words 0.25% of this dialect
41. Gray, Kathleen 1,610 words 0.24% of this dialect
42. Ireland, Mark 1,372 words 0.21% of this dialect
43. Gray, Kath 1,324 words 0.2% of this dialect
44. Stewart, David 1,277 words 0.19% of this dialect
45. Manson, John 1,255 words 0.19% of this dialect
46. Irvine, Owen 1,107 words 0.17% of this dialect
47. Devlin, Edwin 1,085 words 0.16% of this dialect
48. Diansangu, Mae 1,064 words 0.16% of this dialect
49. Wheeler, Leslie 1,032 words 0.15% of this dialect
50. Johnstone, Ian 946 words 0.14% of this dialect
51. Innes, Brian P. 918 words 0.14% of this dialect
52. Wood, Evelyn 916 words 0.14% of this dialect
53. Gauld, Ilene 893 words 0.13% of this dialect
54. Wilson, Katie 834 words 0.12% of this dialect
55. Rumbles, Brodie-Anne 831 words 0.12% of this dialect
56. Hardie, Buff 784 words 0.12% of this dialect
57. Harvey, Lewis 777 words 0.12% of this dialect
58. Philip, George 706 words 0.11% of this dialect
59. Shepherd, Robbie 679 words 0.1% of this dialect
60. Ritchie, John 653 words 0.1% of this dialect
61. Robson, Euan 647 words 0.1% of this dialect
62. Robertson, Sine 643 words 0.1% of this dialect
63. Johnston, Shaun 641 words 0.1% of this dialect
64. Dunnett, Nathan 641 words 0.1% of this dialect
65. Crawford, Jack 623 words 0.09% of this dialect
66. Martin, Keiron 612 words 0.09% of this dialect
67. Fowler, Ross 607 words 0.09% of this dialect
68. Bowie, Tyler 580 words 0.09% of this dialect
69. Fairbairn, Jamie 554 words 0.08% of this dialect
70. Abel, Charlie 548 words 0.08% of this dialect
71. Leslie, Dawn 544 words 0.08% of this dialect
72. Harper, Norman 540 words 0.08% of this dialect
73. Riddell, Conor 528 words 0.08% of this dialect
74. Skinner, Alison C. 499 words 0.07% of this dialect
75. Harper, Edith 417 words 0.06% of this dialect
76. Christie, Hilary 408 words 0.06% of this dialect
77. Reid, Adeline 406 words 0.06% of this dialect
78. Stewart, Del 388 words 0.06% of this dialect
79. Coutts, Pete 386 words 0.06% of this dialect
80. Philp, George 368 words 0.06% of this dialect
81. McArthur, Kaydi 363 words 0.05% of this dialect
82. Milligan, John 316 words 0.05% of this dialect
83. Bundy Broch 292 words 0.04% of this dialect
84. Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber 292 words 0.04% of this dialect
85. Chapman, Henry 283 words 0.04% of this dialect
86. Cara, Dillon, Ami and Travis 270 words 0.04% of this dialect
87. Petrie, Kimberley 269 words 0.04% of this dialect
88. Noble, Brian 261 words 0.04% of this dialect
89. Rebecca, Casey and Stephen 251 words 0.04% of this dialect
90. Mitchell, Kiera 251 words 0.04% of this dialect
91. Wilson, Heidi and Isla 240 words 0.04% of this dialect
92. Banff Academy 234 words 0.04% of this dialect
93. Carney, Don 232 words 0.03% of this dialect
94. Templeton, Sheila 211 words 0.03% of this dialect
95. Bolland, John 211 words 0.03% of this dialect
96. Wilkie, Dave 207 words 0.03% of this dialect
97. Thain, Gianna 197 words 0.03% of this dialect
98. Smith, Derek 186 words 0.03% of this dialect
99. Faffe, Christina 167 words 0.03% of this dialect
100. Robertson, W. F. 159 words 0.02% of this dialect
101. McBeath, Lorraine 129 words 0.02% of this dialect
102. Robb, Lydia 113 words 0.02% of this dialect
103. Murray, Campbell 112 words 0.02% of this dialect
104. Clark, F. E. 108 words 0.02% of this dialect
105. Cormack, Liam 106 words 0.02% of this dialect
106. Findlater, Mark 99 words 0.01% of this dialect
107. Nicol, Paul 98 words 0.01% of this dialect
108. Freeman, Rebekah 98 words 0.01% of this dialect
109. Lawrie, Alastair 83 words 0.01% of this dialect
110. Cameron, Douglas 68 words 0.01% of this dialect
111. Legge, Robert 54 words 0.01% of this dialect
112. Innes, Michelle 39 words 0.01% of this dialect
113. West, Joyce 35 words 0.01% of this dialect

Number of twitter people : 20
1. DoricPhrases 13,995 words 2.1% of this dialect
2. 72redz1903 12,284 words 1.84% of this dialect
3. fittiecrooners 11,439 words 1.71% of this dialect
4. FaeFoggie 8,318 words 1.25% of this dialect
5. cligeey 7,984 words 1.2% of this dialect
6. JamieFairbairn1 6,072 words 0.91% of this dialect
7. Franwella 5,613 words 0.84% of this dialect
8. beast_afc 4,892 words 0.73% of this dialect
9. Manuforti1968 4,680 words 0.7% of this dialect
10. Doric_Bananaman 3,680 words 0.55% of this dialect
11. d_anderson878 3,084 words 0.46% of this dialect
12. daleser23 2,392 words 0.36% of this dialect
13. McGoo1888 1,315 words 0.2% of this dialect
14. glenlivetloon 1,237 words 0.19% of this dialect
15. _DawnLeslie 1,175 words 0.18% of this dialect
16. AMaxwell54 952 words 0.14% of this dialect
17. JoanHenry7 893 words 0.13% of this dialect
18. sovereigndaisy 552 words 0.08% of this dialect
19. JamesAmcvean 410 words 0.06% of this dialect
20. Woodside Wullie 160 words 0.02% of this dialect

Number of Facebook people : 8
Total words on Facebook : 2,362 words, 0.35% of this dialect

Genres

2000 ..... - 6,395 words in total
2001 ..... - 8,847 words in total
2002 . - 2,129 words in total
2003 ................ - 32,430 words in total
2004 ............................. - 63,565 words in total
2005 ........... - 22,379 words in total
2006 ..................... - 44,370 words in total
2007 ........... - 23,191 words in total
2008 ...... - 9,706 words in total
2009 ... - 4,764 words in total
2010 ....... - 13,406 words in total
2011 .................... - 40,601 words in total
2012 .................. - 36,702 words in total
2013 .......... - 17,897 words in total
2014 ........................... - 55,973 words in total
2015 ......... - 14,551 words in total
2016 ............. - 21,442 words in total
2017 .................. - 32,829 words in total
2018 ............ - 18,200 words in total
2019 .......... - 13,786 words in total
2020 ........................................... - 90,048 words in total
2021 ................. - 31,856 words in total
2022 ......... - 10,974 words in total
2023 .................... - 38,359 words in total
2024 ......... - 13,306 words in total
Blog Government Newspaper Poetry Prose Social Weans
Number of publishers : 51
1. Lallans Magazine 100,622 words
2. Argo Publishing 73,552 words
3. Evertype 52,692 words
4. self-published 43,298 words
5. Scots Language Centre 38,265 words
6. Gordon M Hay 30,594 words
7. McStorytellers.com 27,035 words
8. Independently published 26,258 words
9. Authorhouse 26,054 words
10. Lochlands 22,288 words
11. Smashwords 18,438 words
12. Doric Books 17,631 words
13. Scots Hoose 16,134 words
14. Huntly Writers 14,216 words
15. Tapsalteerie 5,702 words
16. Facebook 5,148 words
17. northwordsnow.co.uk 4,752 words
18. Drunk Muse Press 4,317 words
19. Seahorse 4,177 words
20. Peters and Sons 4,089 words
21. Mak Forrit 3,844 words
22. Northwords Now 3,826 words
23. Itchy Coo 2,965 words
24. Scots Language Center 2,057 words
25. The National 1,999 words
26. timberford.demon 1,970 words
27. Aberdeenshire Council 1,907 words
28. Press and Journal 1,765 words
29. unco.scot 1,728 words
30. Doric Future 1,686 words
31. youtube.com 1,670 words
32. Bella Caledonia 1,362 words
33. Luath 1,255 words
34. The Gaudie 1,213 words
35. Scottish Book Trust 1,112 words
36. DC Thomson 1,102 words
37. The Fraserburgh Herald 946 words
38. Ayton Publishing 895 words
39. Evening Express 784 words
40. John Benjamin 679 words
41. no publisher recorded 643 words
42. Grampian Regional Council 593 words
43. Jas Gaesham 549 words
44. The Press and Journal 540 words
45. Scottish Poetry Library 447 words
46. bandcamp 386 words
47. YouTube 292 words
48. Dictionaries of the Scots Language 285 words
49. GIRFEC 234 words
50. Association for Scottish Literary Studies 113 words
51. Eemis Stane 108 words