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Burnett, Mikey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,068
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 472
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.263
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, wis, ah, and, tae, it, a, me, ae, as,

List of texts in corpus

nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle
Association for Scottish Literature (2022-07-29 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,068 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
brooke5 4,681.6563.594
ah33 30,898.8860.890
crackle4 3,745.3247.561
and32 29,962.5547.498
ae16 14,981.2742.234
wis37 34,644.1939.643
yased3 2,808.9934.668
an4 3,745.3232.087
me18 16,853.9330.936
huddin3 2,808.9929.949
maire4 3,745.3229.473
what8 7,490.6428.869
nuttin3 2,808.9923.622
though6 5,617.9822.838
presenter2 1,872.6622.053
unexpected2 1,872.6619.228
daughter2 1,872.6618.609
laugh3 2,808.9916.509
suttin2 1,872.6616.135
honestly2 1,872.6616.135
hud5 4,681.6515.542
fitbaw2 1,872.6615.068
musta2 1,872.6614.841
oan8 7,490.6414.382
sat4 3,745.3214.378
massel2 1,872.6614.230
dad3 2,808.9914.134
insteed2 1,872.6613.870
before3 2,808.9913.720
well4 3,745.3212.966
puss2 1,872.6612.821
ah'm3 2,808.9912.514
soon3 2,808.9912.395
thoat2 1,872.6612.214
obviously2 1,872.6612.104
start3 2,808.9911.836
now3 2,808.9911.731
telly2 1,872.6611.407
never4 3,745.3211.338
chance3 2,808.9911.235
fact3 2,808.9911.203
foond2 1,872.6611.143
ah'll2 1,872.6611.143
likes3 2,808.9911.141
laughin2 1,872.6610.818
fuckin4 3,745.3210.789
loved2 1,872.6610.740
so6 5,617.9810.317
certain2 1,872.6610.240
the39 36,516.8510.175
even5 4,681.6510.071
exactly2 1,872.669.981
she's2 1,872.669.739
did5 4,681.659.590
change2 1,872.669.403
thick2 1,872.668.857
against2 1,872.668.184
that's3 2,808.998.094
wanted2 1,872.668.071
as15 14,044.948.019
she'd2 1,872.667.889
quite2 1,872.667.650
aw8 7,490.647.548
playin2 1,872.667.364
answer2 1,872.667.186
jist6 5,617.987.057
right3 2,808.996.899
kent4 3,745.326.832
question2 1,872.666.802
kin3 2,808.996.757
there8 7,490.646.630
cos2 1,872.666.528
hing2 1,872.666.364
which3 2,808.996.343
pair2 1,872.666.186
other2 1,872.666.143
else2 1,872.665.976
she12 11,235.965.972
each2 1,872.665.916
it22 20,599.255.887
least2 1,872.665.857
night2 1,872.665.837
yae2 1,872.665.685
only3 2,808.995.456
ever2 1,872.665.417
table2 1,872.665.400
cunt2 1,872.665.154
dad's2 1,872.66nan
ma10 9,363.305.099
a20 18,726.594.847
huv2 1,872.664.742
baith3 2,808.994.582
if5 4,681.654.577
fur7 6,554.314.523
wife2 1,872.664.516
is2 1,872.664.422
hard2 1,872.664.403
by5 4,681.654.303
mean2 1,872.664.155
it's3 2,808.993.404
tae32 29,962.553.251
wae3 2,808.993.248
heard2 1,872.663.246
how2 1,872.663.166
his11 10,299.633.158
name2 1,872.663.007
but8 7,490.642.811
be2 1,872.662.798
him6 5,617.982.671
heid3 2,808.992.453
sae4 3,745.322.314
three2 1,872.662.283
when3 2,808.992.188
then3 2,808.992.147
wur2 1,872.662.103
up7 6,554.311.677
that15 14,044.941.674
they2 1,872.661.385
mind2 1,872.661.333
yin2 1,872.661.324
still2 1,872.661.299
again2 1,872.661.146
could2 1,872.661.078
see3 2,808.990.798
or5 4,681.650.546
aboot2 1,872.660.512
been3 2,808.990.496
no4 3,745.320.484
we3 2,808.990.447
her7 6,554.310.396
dae2 1,872.660.371
nae4 3,745.320.275
ken2 1,872.660.270
us2 1,872.660.239
bit2 1,872.660.221
this5 4,681.650.188
said2 1,872.660.181
in15 14,044.940.175
oot5 4,681.650.058
them2 1,872.660.046
he10 9,363.300.046
doon2 1,872.660.043
wee2 1,872.660.026
ladle'2 1,872.66nan
like3 2,808.990.018
at7 6,554.310.003
fae3 2,808.990.003