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Morning, Carey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,066
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 478
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.23
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, a, they, o, tae, aw, in, haggis, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Neeps and Tatties
self-published (2020 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (1,066 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
and63 59,099.44167.009
haggis10 9,380.8691.507
neeps10 9,380.8689.503
they31 29,080.6871.569
tattie9 8,442.7869.615
tatties8 7,504.6962.337
neep8 7,504.6961.064
wa7 6,566.6055.641
each9 8,442.7852.165
aw16 15,009.3832.357
steyed3 2,814.2626.417
sang5 4,690.4324.234
side6 5,628.5219.964
yin7 6,566.6018.280
then8 7,504.6917.707
were8 7,504.6916.387
shines2 1,876.1715.573
grew3 2,814.2615.274
groond2 1,876.1714.849
tale3 2,814.2614.309
ye'll3 2,814.2614.092
roots2 1,876.1714.054
girnin2 1,876.1713.244
hate2 1,876.1712.962
laughed2 1,876.1712.574
heids3 2,814.2612.525
herts2 1,876.1712.111
thegither4 3,752.3512.096
built2 1,876.1712.003
line3 2,814.2611.538
ainly2 1,876.1711.324
dinnae4 3,752.3511.187
doon9 8,442.7811.161
guid6 5,628.5210.485
sangs2 1,876.1710.181
they'd2 1,876.1710.116
ither6 5,628.529.626
wide2 1,876.179.152
such2 1,876.179.102
cried3 2,814.268.916
cast2 1,876.178.684
their7 6,566.608.562
sun3 2,814.268.456
they're2 1,876.178.230
sing2 1,876.177.758
sleep2 1,876.177.433
drink2 1,876.177.281
widnae2 1,876.177.251
fear2 1,876.177.023
can6 5,628.526.991
made4 3,752.356.836
haund2 1,876.176.835
tellt2 1,876.176.809
lugs2 1,876.176.681
sae6 5,628.526.681
soond2 1,876.176.534
wi2 1,876.176.442
happened2 1,876.176.303
stert2 1,876.176.237
thae3 2,814.266.149
chance2 1,876.176.003
stertit2 1,876.175.923
across2 1,876.175.883
toon2 1,876.175.564
three3 2,814.265.318
same3 2,814.265.046
wan3 2,814.264.995
open2 1,876.174.776
sat2 1,876.174.693
jist5 4,690.434.603
street2 1,876.174.600
wee6 5,628.524.335
but9 8,442.784.268
it6 5,628.524.249
haud2 1,876.174.242
tap2 1,876.174.230
braw2 1,876.174.207
noo5 4,690.434.058
took2 1,876.173.986
he4 3,752.353.903
came2 1,876.173.683
it's3 2,814.263.412
end2 1,876.173.368
hear2 1,876.173.301
never2 1,876.173.301
your2 1,876.173.126
look2 1,876.173.042
up8 7,504.692.896
while2 1,876.172.689
ye10 9,380.862.610
wis6 5,628.522.488
is3 2,814.262.451
through2 1,876.172.444
bairns2 1,876.172.410
as3 2,814.262.409
by4 3,752.352.334
lang3 2,814.262.290
in11 10,318.952.198
i3 2,814.262.069
oot2 1,876.171.730
tae17 15,947.471.705
til2 1,876.171.538
the71 66,604.131.435
did2 1,876.171.176
nicht2 1,876.171.142
could2 1,876.171.082
tak2 1,876.171.082
o27 25,328.331.065
whit4 3,752.351.063
oor3 2,814.261.041
his4 3,752.350.833
on9 8,442.780.786
got2 1,876.170.784
wey2 1,876.170.784
that8 7,504.690.669
when2 1,876.170.580
at5 4,690.430.550
yer3 2,814.260.538
aboot2 1,876.170.507
a35 32,833.020.434
nae2 1,876.170.403
be4 3,752.350.380
dae2 1,876.170.373
fae4 3,752.350.367
ken2 1,876.170.273
get2 1,876.170.249
like2 1,876.170.237
auld2 1,876.170.225
there2 1,876.170.220
had2 1,876.170.185
hae2 1,876.170.118
if2 1,876.170.092
or4 3,752.350.063
see2 1,876.170.049
them2 1,876.170.047
we4 3,752.350.022
no3 2,814.260.020