part linguistic study, part statistical enterprise, WordCount is an interesting project that ranks 86800 words in the english language, from the most used to the least. not surprisingly, "the" takes the top spot, while "conquistador" comes in at 86800. there are lots of proper names and places in there as well, so you can find, for instance that "jamie" sits at 7133, while "crispin" lags behind at 28840 (still higher than i would have expected!). wife is 566, while husband is 899 and sits in a string that reads "numbers claim specific rose played husband basic relations potential dr". i don't know what that means, but for someone with my statistical inclinations, this thing is a gold mine of time-killing fun.
link via the morning news
Posted by jamie at July 26, 2004 02:54 PM4734 (colour-attraction) 19 6320 27566/2280
Posted by: crispin at July 26, 2004 04:12 PMyou two are wierd.
Posted by: the wife at July 26, 2004 04:45 PMi can't believe i didn't notice the one after my own name. but the one for your name, jake, is just priceless.
Posted by: jamie at July 26, 2004 05:12 PM