A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dialect details

Jump to Central Doric Shetland Orkney Ulster Southern

General Central

Total words in General Central dialect :736,690 (23.1% of full corpus)
Total unique words : 48,066 (6.5% of dialect)
Total hapax legomenon (words occurring only once) : 24,853
Total words occurring more than once : 23,213
Locations within this dialect include:-
Holyrood
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
East Lothian

Number of writers : 141
1. Fitt, Matthew 58,879 words 7.99% of this dialect
2. Robertson, James 53,977 words 7.33% of this dialect
3. Clark, Thomas 39,526 words 5.37% of this dialect
4. Horsbroch, Dauvit 39,236 words 5.33% of this dialect
5. Grae, Emma 38,471 words 5.22% of this dialect
6. Rennie, Susan 27,818 words 3.78% of this dialect
7. Douglas, Ashley 17,472 words 2.37% of this dialect
8. Smith, Donald 16,992 words 2.31% of this dialect
9. Marenich, Margaret 13,620 words 1.85% of this dialect
10. McClurg, Fernando 11,370 words 1.54% of this dialect
11. Milne, W. S. 10,675 words 1.45% of this dialect
12. McGregor, Iain 10,005 words 1.36% of this dialect
13. Thoumire, Elizabeth 9,972 words 1.35% of this dialect
14. Robinson, Christine 9,698 words 1.32% of this dialect
15. Morton, Elaine 9,579 words 1.3% of this dialect
16. Donati, Colin 9,426 words 1.28% of this dialect
17. Eagle, Andy 9,413 words 1.28% of this dialect
18. Gillon, Karen 8,909 words 1.21% of this dialect
19. Connor, Charles P. 8,827 words 1.2% of this dialect
20. Macafee, Caroline 8,826 words 1.2% of this dialect
21. Somerville, Shirley-Anne 8,384 words 1.14% of this dialect
22. Hershaw, William 8,124 words 1.1% of this dialect
23. Ewen, Allan 6,641 words 0.9% of this dialect
24. Cohen, Susan 6,215 words 0.84% of this dialect
25. Pennie, Len 6,141 words 0.83% of this dialect
26. McClure, Derrick J. 5,813 words 0.79% of this dialect
27. Begg, James A. 5,649 words 0.77% of this dialect
28. Falconer, Gavin 5,532 words 0.75% of this dialect
29. Clark, Sara 5,355 words 0.73% of this dialect
30. Scots Language Center 4,800 words 0.65% of this dialect
31. Brown, Ian 4,779 words 0.65% of this dialect
32. Douglas, Sheila 4,481 words 0.61% of this dialect
33. Dempster, Michael 4,431 words 0.6% of this dialect
34. Docherty, John F. 4,253 words 0.58% of this dialect
35. Stevenson, Gerda 4,179 words 0.57% of this dialect
36. Robertson, Colin 3,877 words 0.53% of this dialect
37. Beekman, Tony 3,617 words 0.49% of this dialect
38. Waddell, John 3,398 words 0.46% of this dialect
39. Tollick, Margaret 3,153 words 0.43% of this dialect
40. Hodgson, Brent 3,036 words 0.41% of this dialect
41. Crichton, Tam 3,025 words 0.41% of this dialect
42. Calder, Bob 2,967 words 0.4% of this dialect
43. Purdie, David C. 2,947 words 0.4% of this dialect
44. Corbett, John 2,941 words 0.4% of this dialect
45. Holton, Brian 2,810 words 0.38% of this dialect
46. Stewart, Anna 2,790 words 0.38% of this dialect
47. Kay, Billy 2,696 words 0.37% of this dialect
48. Donovan, Anne 2,668 words 0.36% of this dialect
49. Wilson, Rab 2,597 words 0.35% of this dialect
50. Tait, John M 2,457 words 0.33% of this dialect
51. Harvey, Tracy Anne 2,412 words 0.33% of this dialect
52. Robson, Frances 2,097 words 0.28% of this dialect
53. Briggs, Susi 2,081 words 0.28% of this dialect
54. Travers, Martin 2,076 words 0.28% of this dialect
55. Law, John 2,013 words 0.27% of this dialect
56. Harrison, Jean 1,790 words 0.24% of this dialect
57. Allan, Alasdair 1,773 words 0.24% of this dialect
58. Matheson, Ann 1,757 words 0.24% of this dialect
59. astrothsknot 1,560 words 0.21% of this dialect
60. Watt, George T. 1,527 words 0.21% of this dialect
61. McDermid, Val 1,458 words 0.2% of this dialect
62. MacMinto, Gregor 1,348 words 0.18% of this dialect
63. Armstrong, Kate 1,338 words 0.18% of this dialect
64. Cameron, Peter 1,318 words 0.18% of this dialect
65. Steele, Gregor 1,234 words 0.17% of this dialect
66. Dareau, Mareau 1,196 words 0.16% of this dialect
67. Jarvie, Gordon 1,185 words 0.16% of this dialect
68. Young, Clive 1,143 words 0.16% of this dialect
69. Philip, Andrew 1,122 words 0.15% of this dialect
70. Smith, Ethyl 1,078 words 0.15% of this dialect
71. Morning, Carey 1,066 words 0.14% of this dialect
72. Beckett, Mavis Duncan 1,044 words 0.14% of this dialect
73. Puchowski, James 1,011 words 0.14% of this dialect
74. Philip, George 981 words 0.13% of this dialect
75. Sprott, Gavin 977 words 0.13% of this dialect
76. Widmann, Thomas 955 words 0.13% of this dialect
77. Neil, Gabriel 944 words 0.13% of this dialect
78. Connelly, Gordon 900 words 0.12% of this dialect
79. Geddes, Jenny 845 words 0.11% of this dialect
80. Seth-Smith, Niki 810 words 0.11% of this dialect
81. Donaldson, Gordon 773 words 0.1% of this dialect
82. Farrow, Kenneth D. 765 words 0.1% of this dialect
83. Cairns, Pauline 739 words 0.1% of this dialect
84. Coyne, Hilary 738 words 0.1% of this dialect
85. Fenton, Janet 736 words 0.1% of this dialect
86. Mackintosh, Henrietta 727 words 0.1% of this dialect
87. Perrie, Walter 714 words 0.1% of this dialect
88. Ahmad, Nyla 699 words 0.09% of this dialect
89. Fyall, Aitken 653 words 0.09% of this dialect
90. Robertson, Sine 628 words 0.09% of this dialect
91. Mackintosh, Jim 622 words 0.08% of this dialect
92. Macdonald, Ileene 587 words 0.08% of this dialect
93. Sneddon, Alison 578 words 0.08% of this dialect
94. DaibhidC 571 words 0.08% of this dialect
95. MacKinnon, Ann 556 words 0.08% of this dialect
96. Foyle, Ghillie 553 words 0.08% of this dialect
97. Curt_Kenobi 525 words 0.07% of this dialect
98. Smirnov, Kuzma 522 words 0.07% of this dialect
99. Goodbrand Saunders, Donald 494 words 0.07% of this dialect
100. McNulty, Victoria 487 words 0.07% of this dialect
101. Shepherd, J. Barrie 476 words 0.06% of this dialect
102. Anderson, Elizabeth 437 words 0.06% of this dialect
103. McMillan, Hugh 395 words 0.05% of this dialect
104. Grace, Reyzl 392 words 0.05% of this dialect
105. gov.scot 391 words 0.05% of this dialect
106. McCabe, Mary 360 words 0.05% of this dialect
107. Thom, Williamina 352 words 0.05% of this dialect
108. Smith, George 340 words 0.05% of this dialect
109. Mackie, Caroline 323 words 0.04% of this dialect
110. Dornan, Stephen 322 words 0.04% of this dialect
111. Liddell, Faith 307 words 0.04% of this dialect
112. wee-windaes 291 words 0.04% of this dialect
113. Bramwell, Colin 270 words 0.04% of this dialect
114. Love, Rowena M. 268 words 0.04% of this dialect
115. Chalmers, Aimee 258 words 0.04% of this dialect
116. McCabe, Alan 251 words 0.03% of this dialect
117. MacKenzie, Douglas 248 words 0.03% of this dialect
118. McGibbon, Joe 243 words 0.03% of this dialect
119. Porter, Steve 241 words 0.03% of this dialect
120. Lang, Charles 239 words 0.03% of this dialect
121. Scott, Colin 229 words 0.03% of this dialect
122. Kirk Jn, Albert 227 words 0.03% of this dialect
123. Johnston, Mary 215 words 0.03% of this dialect
124. solonggaybowser 200 words 0.03% of this dialect
125. McNeil, Andrew 190 words 0.03% of this dialect
126. Gilliland, Sam 180 words 0.02% of this dialect
127. Strachan, Shane 158 words 0.02% of this dialect
128. Landles, William 153 words 0.02% of this dialect
129. Reider O'Doom 149 words 0.02% of this dialect
130. Templeton, Sheila 136 words 0.02% of this dialect
131. McCallum, Andrew 127 words 0.02% of this dialect
132. Annand, J. K. 107 words 0.01% of this dialect
133. Sulhunt, Miriam 106 words 0.01% of this dialect
134. Aitchison, Craig 99 words 0.01% of this dialect
135. White, Ian Nimmo 96 words 0.01% of this dialect
136. Adamson, Donald 92 words 0.01% of this dialect
137. Sangster, Maureen 88 words 0.01% of this dialect
138. Heron, Caitlin 83 words 0.01% of this dialect
139. Rhind, Neil 76 words 0.01% of this dialect
140. Underhill, James William 61 words 0.01% of this dialect
141. Law, Laura 31 words 0% of this dialect

Number of twitter people : 39
1. LairnScots 12,896 words 1.75% of this dialect
2. jax6754 11,865 words 1.61% of this dialect
3. Chazzbat 10,561 words 1.43% of this dialect
4. rosa_alba_macd 8,218 words 1.12% of this dialect
5. DABArbuckle 6,379 words 0.87% of this dialect
6. g_hibby 6,355 words 0.86% of this dialect
7. billykayscot 6,147 words 0.83% of this dialect
8. ThonJacobite 4,944 words 0.67% of this dialect
9. raiphsays 4,866 words 0.66% of this dialect
10. Seperatist_No1 4,480 words 0.61% of this dialect
11. bigandymccoll 4,068 words 0.55% of this dialect
12. OliphantWullie 3,678 words 0.5% of this dialect
13. MartinBroon 3,107 words 0.42% of this dialect
14. fairpechtoot 2,438 words 0.33% of this dialect
15. PeoplesPoet77 2,195 words 0.3% of this dialect
16. rattlecans 2,106 words 0.29% of this dialect
17. Cobradile94 1,964 words 0.27% of this dialect
18. weenell3 1,919 words 0.26% of this dialect
19. IshbelMcF 1,841 words 0.25% of this dialect
20. jack_capener 1,710 words 0.23% of this dialect
21. pmcm1355 1,610 words 0.22% of this dialect
22. mcfarlane_irene 1,561 words 0.21% of this dialect
23. alistairdunn 1,501 words 0.2% of this dialect
24. RickHJohnston 1,487 words 0.2% of this dialect
25. iainnicol 1,298 words 0.18% of this dialect
26. Angela1Sinclair 1,288 words 0.17% of this dialect
27. ionafyfe 1,199 words 0.16% of this dialect
28. SusiBriggs1 1,154 words 0.16% of this dialect
29. ClashCityClarky 890 words 0.12% of this dialect
30. changed_days 874 words 0.12% of this dialect
31. LowEndJardo 864 words 0.12% of this dialect
32. FaetheRye 488 words 0.07% of this dialect
33. gordimhor1 483 words 0.07% of this dialect
34. Sinethugcat 457 words 0.06% of this dialect
35. WhenDidADidny 434 words 0.06% of this dialect
36. fourmenterian 315 words 0.04% of this dialect
37. _Erinboyle_ 294 words 0.04% of this dialect
38. GMacminto 225 words 0.03% of this dialect
39. jamieonkeys 203 words 0.03% of this dialect

Number of Facebook people : 4
Total words on Facebook : 12,968 words, 1.76% of this dialect

Genres

2000 ...... - 11,401 words in total
2001 ............ - 25,723 words in total
2002 ...... - 14,045 words in total
2003 ............... - 33,437 words in total
2004 .... - 6,274 words in total
2005 ........ - 16,354 words in total
2006 .. - 2,819 words in total
2007 ............. - 27,482 words in total
2008 .............. - 29,747 words in total
2009 ........ - 14,050 words in total
2010 .................. - 41,705 words in total
2011 ............ - 24,043 words in total
2012 ..... - 8,426 words in total
2013 ...... - 10,247 words in total
2014 ............... - 29,612 words in total
2015 .................. - 37,149 words in total
2016 ..................... - 46,359 words in total
2017 .............. - 26,845 words in total
2018 ................ - 32,716 words in total
2019 ............. - 25,471 words in total
2020 .................................... - 82,338 words in total
2021 ............................................ - 101,566 words in total
2022 ............................... - 69,379 words in total
2023 ....... - 13,361 words in total
2024 ... - 6,141 words in total
Blog Government Newspaper Poetry Prose Social Weans
Number of publishers : 43
1. Lallans Magazine 181,216 words
2. Itchy Coo 147,288 words
3. Scots Language Centre 56,243 words
4. Luath 32,608 words
5. Unbound Digital 27,863 words
6. The Sair Fecht 24,766 words
7. Edition Lintenfass 15,124 words
8. Evertype 14,568 words
9. Scottish Book Trust 10,034 words
10. Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 8,909 words
11. gov.scot 8,384 words
12. Mak Forrit 8,157 words
13. Scots Hoose 6,559 words
14. The Wee Book Company 6,215 words
15. Canongate Books 6,141 words
16. Scots Parliament 6,014 words
17. Eemis Stane 5,431 words
18. languagereach.com 4,510 words
19. Bella Caledonia 3,384 words
20. Windfall Books 3,153 words
21. Translation Services 24 3,052 words
22. Scottish Poetry Library 2,950 words
23. wee-windaes.nls.uk 2,922 words
24. archiveofourown.org 2,856 words
25. Canongate 2,668 words
26. Dig It Scotland 2,497 words
27. Facebook 1,923 words
28. self-published 1,596 words
29. The National 997 words
30. wordpress 988 words
31. no publisher recorded 972 words
32. McRenegade.Scots 845 words
33. hilarycoyne.com/ 738 words
34. Tippermuir 622 words
35. Association for Scottish Literature 567 words
36. Floris Kelpies 533 words
37. Education Scotland 483 words
38. Scottish Government 391 words
39. Wordpress 360 words
40. Thi-Wurd 340 words
41. twitter.com 227 words
42. damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 149 words
43. Kettillonia 117 words