A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Orkney Voices Group

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,017
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 953
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.116
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, tae, and, on, orkney, an, for,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (102 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (448 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (67 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (32 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (99 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (71 words)
Gallows Ha
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (101 words)
Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (1,097 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
orkney25 12,394.65210.683
weemen13 6,445.2285.965
aer4 1,983.1440.560
maggie5 2,478.9336.848
wae14 6,941.0035.645
vera4 1,983.1434.095
it2 991.5733.685
whaar5 2,478.9330.725
wir11 5,453.6429.872
owld4 1,983.1429.316
sarah3 1,487.3628.035
geed4 1,983.1427.868
yir7 3,470.5027.682
bessie3 1,487.3627.014
sheila3 1,487.3627.014
and36 17,848.2926.504
love6 2,974.7125.491
accused3 1,487.3625.390
voices4 1,983.1425.115
sex4 1,983.1425.115
fokk4 1,983.1424.887
an21 10,411.5024.295
wife7 3,470.5023.461
right8 3,966.2923.220
he2 991.5722.676
magnus3 1,487.3622.614
festival4 1,983.1422.407
jane3 1,487.3621.790
go8 3,966.2921.201
you15 7,436.7920.021
gaether2 991.5719.515
witchcraft2 991.5719.515
gallows2 991.5719.515
lukked3 1,487.3619.318
chist3 1,487.3619.071
crossroads2 991.5718.334
trials2 991.5718.334
watchers2 991.5718.334
on30 14,873.5717.656
more4 1,983.1416.808
cathedral2 991.5716.696
holm2 991.5716.696
gibbon2 991.5716.696
plaece2 991.5716.696
sisters3 1,487.3615.564
play5 2,478.9315.081
alasdair2 991.5715.075
lukkan2 991.5714.656
dark4 1,983.1414.632
stories4 1,983.1414.520
mibby2 991.5714.277
faer2 991.5713.932
window2 991.5713.615
hid's2 991.5713.615
fall2 991.5713.615
cowld2 991.5713.615
st3 1,487.3613.324
buses2 991.5713.049
director2 991.5713.049
lives3 1,487.3612.902
buckie2 991.5712.795
aal4 1,983.1412.667
rage2 991.5712.556
tourists2 991.5712.556
produced2 991.5712.118
burned2 991.5712.118
lantern2 991.5711.916
performance2 991.5711.725
through6 2,974.7111.689
emma2 991.5711.542
that7 3,470.5011.273
poor3 1,487.3611.235
shelter2 991.5711.042
ye2 991.5710.951
press3 1,487.3610.670
terrible2 991.5710.332
wrong2 991.5710.332
sing3 1,487.3610.307
double2 991.5710.204
listen3 1,487.3610.159
bliddy2 991.579.962
film2 991.579.962
song2 991.579.846
nooadays2 991.579.734
material2 991.579.734
turn4 1,983.149.697
already2 991.579.416
quoys3 1,487.36nan
show3 1,487.369.607
kye2 991.579.219
park3 1,487.369.189
takan2 991.57nan
storm2 991.579.124
awey2 991.579.031
o62 30,738.728.779
don't2 991.578.767
long3 1,487.368.692
some9 4,462.078.670
wrote2 991.578.600
shore2 991.578.600
battle2 991.578.520
rocks2 991.578.520
in49 24,293.518.465
bear2 991.578.441
peedie2 991.578.441
poem3 1,487.368.376
loved2 991.578.289
streights2 991.57nan
mirk2 991.578.441
the148 73,376.308.255
ha2 991.578.071
hands2 991.577.673
empty2 991.577.549
group3 1,487.367.367
radio2 991.577.314
streets2 991.576.989
so7 3,470.506.910
sweet2 991.576.692
hid8 3,966.296.675
his4 1,983.146.647
braethe2 991.57nan
sea3 1,487.366.539
tell5 2,478.936.435
no12 5,949.436.415
ahint3 1,487.365.980
live2 991.575.968
thir4 1,983.145.908
hert3 1,487.365.707
what4 1,983.145.247
poems2 991.575.189
better4 1,983.145.177
born2 991.575.129
past3 1,487.365.128
wis11 5,453.645.127
under2 991.575.042
hen2 991.574.985
i5 2,478.934.984
watch2 991.574.847
land2 991.574.820
left4 1,983.144.754
hattamoa2 991.57nan
walk2 991.574.874
burwick2 991.57nan
light2 991.574.901
gan2 991.574.638
reid2 991.574.491
early2 991.574.467
trees2 991.574.467
wha4 1,983.144.331
started2 991.574.173
men3 1,487.364.089
winter2 991.573.966
first5 2,478.933.807
gang3 1,487.363.759
middle2 991.573.645
blue2 991.573.407
road3 1,487.363.377
toon2 991.573.374
for18 8,924.143.352
summerdale2 991.57nan
them7 3,470.503.283
bonny2 991.573.188
free2 991.573.159
white2 991.573.029
black2 991.573.029
nivver2 991.573.015
fae10 4,957.862.956
when5 2,478.932.885
still4 1,983.142.876
kirk2 991.572.827
then5 2,478.932.822
new4 1,983.142.800
knittan2 991.57nan
as7 3,470.502.775
again4 1,983.142.559
street2 991.572.524
yet2 991.572.392
but4 1,983.142.298
wan3 1,487.362.209
dae5 2,478.932.190
be6 2,974.711.990
aboot3 1,487.361.863
life3 1,487.361.862
times2 991.571.850
canna2 991.571.834
noo6 2,974.711.801
get5 2,478.931.736
doon2 991.571.601
whit2 991.571.548
wark2 991.571.516
never2 991.571.450
back2 991.571.327
renga2 991.57nan
shellmaleens2 991.57nan
hiv2 991.571.302
a68 33,713.441.277
this5 2,478.931.105
buey2 991.57nan
side2 991.571.121
bit3 1,487.361.080
me4 1,983.141.057
need2 991.571.041
tak3 1,487.360.908
could3 1,487.360.908
been2 991.570.905
year3 1,487.360.901
set2 991.570.878
want2 991.570.865
time2 991.570.829
will3 1,487.360.825
things2 991.570.808
bairns2 991.570.793
sic2 991.570.721
same2 991.570.606
ower3 1,487.360.566
scottish2 991.570.491
or5 2,478.930.454
if2 991.570.399
fine2 991.570.395
than3 1,487.360.361
like4 1,983.140.319
oot7 3,470.500.269
here3 1,487.360.242
door2 991.570.233
by4 1,983.140.207
quaality2 991.57nan
see4 1,983.140.173
mind2 991.570.172
they9 4,462.070.164
weel3 1,487.360.152
afore3 1,487.360.144
think2 991.570.118
are3 1,487.360.094
we9 4,462.070.088
up7 3,470.500.079
haed2 991.570.054
come2 991.570.054
bi2 991.570.047
laughan2 991.57nan
her11 5,453.640.043
efter2 991.570.028
pit2 991.570.027
is13 6,445.220.025
laevan2 991.57nan
orkney's2 991.57nan
wid2 991.570.014
tae44 21,814.580.010
day4 1,983.140.004
caer2 991.57nan
got2 991.570.007
at13 6,445.220.000