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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
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Posted by: crispin | July 26, 2004 04:12 PM
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384, 20313
Posted by: jamie | July 26, 2004 04:25 PM
you two are wierd.
Posted by: the wife | July 26, 2004 04:45 PM
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Wow.
Posted by: jake | July 26, 2004 05:05 PM
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Eerie.
Posted by: jake | July 26, 2004 05:06 PM
i 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 | July 26, 2004 05:12 PM
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Is your mom very shrewd?
Posted by: Michelle | July 30, 2004 04:33 PM