Google Labs: Books Ngram Viewer
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Google Labs: Books Ngram Viewer
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Re: Google Labs: Books Ngram Viewer
#2An interesting thing I noticed is that the usage of the word "the" has decreased by about 1% in the last century (which I think is significant considering the data). I wonder what the reason for this is.
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#3I'm very happy to see Google offering the ngram counts for free download (http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/datasets), which I wasn't expecting, given their earlier web corpus data release on DVDs. Maybe we'll see an update on that front, too.
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#4Great! It just lacks an option for case-insensitive search.
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#5There has been a ginormous increase in the use of the word "ginormous" in the last decade.
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#6Try "war": (http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=war&year_star...). Nice peaks on WWI, WWII, and Vietnam; maybe a tiny peak on the Gulf War. Any other search terms where you can see meaningful fluctuations?
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#7This is really fun to play with: http://goo.gl/mNSDD
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#8This is really fun to play with: http://goo.gl/mNSDD
Why would you use a shortener when there is no need? Especially when the URL is useful as it is here.
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#9Try "war": ( http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=war&year_star... ). Nice peaks on WWI, WWII, and Vietnam; maybe a tiny peak on the Gulf War. Any other search terms where you can see meaningful fluctuations?
is good about to triumph over bad ?http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=angel,devil&y...
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#10"computer" and "internet" reveal Y2K problem.