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Higgs, Jo

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,273
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 908
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.503
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, of, a, wiz, ah, to, n, that, he, it,

List of texts in corpus

The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols
berfrois (2022-08-08) in Central (Edinburgh) dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (2,273 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
of	75	32,996.04	340.424
evans	26	11,438.63	311.093
nichols	24	10,558.73	286.641
n	42	18,477.78	254.117
wiz	50	21,997.36	238.049
to	43	18,917.73	157.632
evan	11	4,839.42	128.281
fucking	11	4,839.42	117.780
cid	8	3,519.58	85.410
an	6	2,639.68	79.071
ah	43	18,917.73	46.563
just	14	6,159.26	44.294
most	7	3,079.63	43.751
tool	5	2,199.74	38.440
course	8	3,519.58	37.870
so	17	7,479.10	37.653
wurds	6	2,639.68	36.477
bastard	5	2,199.74	32.844
ve	12	5,279.37	26.614
prick	4	1,759.79	24.886
friendship	3	1,319.84	24.664
boy	6	2,639.68	24.181
out	7	3,079.63	21.797
town	3	1,319.84	21.068
ferret	2	879.89	20.752
down	4	1,759.79	20.541
pal	5	2,199.74	20.512
gid	4	1,759.79	19.986
refer	3	1,319.84	19.408
breached	2	879.89	19.030
shite	4	1,759.79	18.533
wurd	3	1,319.84	18.118
uptae	2	879.89	17.850
anyhow	2	879.89	17.850
assumed	2	879.89	17.850
fellas	2	879.89	17.850
fella	3	1,319.84	17.673
thelonious	8	3,519.58	nan
never	7	3,079.63	17.552
after	4	1,759.79	17.412
hings	4	1,759.79	17.319
the	88	38,715.35	17.194
tall	3	1,319.84	16.691
whole	3	1,319.84	16.341
being	4	1,759.79	16.277
yin	9	3,959.52	15.828
two	5	2,199.74	15.592
give	3	1,319.84	15.550
both	3	1,319.84	15.124
grasp	2	879.89	15.062
bitty	2	879.89	15.062
yer	14	6,159.26	14.892
houses	2	879.89	14.593
genuinely	2	879.89	14.593
but	22	9,678.84	13.938
informed	2	879.89	13.796
further	3	1,319.84	13.683
fucker	2	879.89	13.452
didni	2	879.89	13.452
scrap	2	879.89	13.452
moments	2	879.89	12.842
meat	3	1,319.84	12.627
even	8	3,519.58	12.458
hing	4	1,759.79	12.398
porridge	2	879.89	12.316
maid	2	879.89	12.316
now	4	1,759.79	12.306
her	2	879.89	12.285
funny	3	1,319.84	12.127
account	2	879.89	12.078
massive	2	879.89	12.078
other	4	1,759.79	11.950
silly	2	879.89	11.853
that	40	17,597.89	11.267
ways	2	879.89	11.249
barney	2	879.89	11.249
nice	3	1,319.84	10.857
cleaver	4	1,759.79	nan
possession	2	879.89	11.067
in	18	7,919.05	10.674
sharp	2	879.89	10.568
perhaps	2	879.89	10.416
only	6	2,639.68	10.370
mibbe	3	1,319.84	10.320
continued	2	879.89	10.269
about	4	1,759.79	10.245
variety	2	879.89	10.128
around	2	879.89	10.128
his	26	11,438.63	10.096
is	4	1,759.79	10.063
laughed	2	879.89	9.860
enough	4	1,759.79	9.796
begin	2	879.89	9.611
vocabulary	2	879.89	9.611
he	35	15,398.15	9.474
next	4	1,759.79	9.263
few	4	1,759.79	9.263
anything	2	879.89	9.156
own	2	879.89	9.156
all	4	1,759.79	8.959
ears	2	879.89	8.949
huge	2	879.89	8.949
name	5	2,199.74	8.862
promise	2	879.89	8.752
aye	10	4,399.47	8.720
told	2	879.89	8.658
called	2	879.89	8.566
world	3	1,319.84	8.370
we	2	879.89	8.285
make	3	1,319.84	8.145
fuck	3	1,319.84	8.109
big	6	2,639.68	8.033
christ	2	879.89	7.979
confidence	2	879.89	7.902
above	2	879.89	7.828
explain	2	879.89	7.682
fence	2	879.89	7.682
peace	2	879.89	7.682
simply	2	879.89	7.612
naw	4	1,759.79	7.596
part	2	879.89	7.543
simple	2	879.89	7.216
likes	3	1,319.84	7.097
canny	2	879.89	7.094
each	3	1,319.84	7.068
any	3	1,319.84	7.039
ach	2	879.89	6.861
neither	2	879.89	6.696
m	8	3,519.58	6.659
probably	2	879.89	6.643
quiet	2	879.89	6.643
used	3	1,319.84	6.598
many	2	879.89	6.488
wide	2	879.89	6.388
ye	22	9,678.84	6.369
such	2	879.89	6.339
pals	2	879.89	6.339
maw	2	879.89	6.151
kind	3	1,319.84	6.126
thick	2	879.89	6.106
upon	2	879.89	6.106
than	7	3,079.63	6.052
then	7	3,079.63	5.866
wid	7	3,079.63	5.636
spoke	2	879.89	5.605
wanted	2	879.89	5.345
some	8	3,519.58	5.270
while	4	1,759.79	5.019
d	9	3,959.52	5.016
quick	2	879.89	5.007
wizni	3	1,319.84	nan
inflated	2	879.89	nan
short	2	879.89	4.975
as	23	10,118.79	4.968
quite	2	879.89	4.943
bar	2	879.89	4.912
no	12	5,279.37	4.897
thi	2	879.89	4.881
might	2	879.89	4.850
yins	2	879.89	4.820
she	5	2,199.74	4.714
for	6	2,639.68	4.489
half	2	879.89	4.196
love	2	879.89	4.147
ma	4	1,759.79	4.083
long	2	879.89	4.006
point	2	879.89	3.850
not	2	879.89	3.662
since	2	879.89	3.662
bit	2	879.89	3.396
too	2	879.89	3.303
right	3	1,319.84	3.291
work	2	879.89	3.250
how	3	1,319.84	3.183
be	6	2,639.68	3.143
wee	9	3,959.52	3.000
ever	2	879.89	2.895
been	8	3,519.58	2.857
five	2	879.89	2.836
windbag	2	879.89	nan
which	3	1,319.84	2.833
do	2	879.89	2.793
less	2	879.89	2.764
this	14	6,159.26	2.728
himsel	2	879.89	2.722
very	2	879.89	2.722
nor	4	1,759.79	2.676
by	7	3,079.63	2.603
try	2	879.89	2.521
sure	2	879.89	2.446
set	3	1,319.84	2.336
through	3	1,319.84	2.222
their	7	3,079.63	2.061
who	2	879.89	2.012
they	5	2,199.74	1.987
back	2	879.89	1.896
great	2	879.89	1.785
fur	3	1,319.84	1.748
well	2	879.89	1.732
took	2	879.89	1.690
at	10	4,399.47	1.636
day	2	879.89	1.615
much	2	879.89	1.529
though	2	879.89	1.468
these	2	879.89	1.461
or	11	4,839.42	1.430
wi	22	9,678.84	1.360
aboot	4	1,759.79	1.348
him	9	3,959.52	1.271
time	2	879.89	1.263
end	2	879.89	1.217
fae	9	3,959.52	1.114
nae	4	1,759.79	1.101
door	3	1,319.84	1.031
let	2	879.89	1.020
near	2	879.89	0.998
years	2	879.89	0.983
mind	3	1,319.84	0.882
there	8	3,519.58	0.721
can	2	879.89	0.714
mair	3	1,319.84	0.711
like	8	3,519.58	0.673
if	5	2,199.74	0.645
want	2	879.89	0.633
were	4	1,759.79	0.617
and	18	7,919.05	0.577
them	5	2,199.74	0.455
said	2	879.89	0.449
a	72	31,676.20	0.417
up	7	3,079.63	0.379
us	2	879.89	0.347
on	12	5,279.37	0.326
auld	4	1,759.79	0.310
fir	2	879.89	0.251
had	4	1,759.79	0.242
tell	2	879.89	0.234
me	6	2,639.68	0.225
ingested	2	879.89	nan
re	2	879.89	0.217
it	29	12,758.47	0.196
intae	3	1,319.84	0.189
when	3	1,319.84	0.160
til	2	879.89	0.133
here	2	879.89	0.112
ll	3	1,319.84	0.086
s	16	7,039.16	0.044
man	2	879.89	0.037
its	3	1,319.84	0.035
did	2	879.89	0.028
aw	5	2,199.74	0.025
got	2	879.89	0.007
ken	3	1,319.84	0.005
whit	5	2,199.74	0.004
oan	3	1,319.84	0.001
first	2	879.89	0.000
sorti	2	879.89	nan
aff	3	1,319.84	0.000