December 17, 2006, 07:10
zmježdyeah but, no but, but
Language Log does
it again. Here's the recipe: (1) take a
silly article on a silly study and (2) reproduce the experiment using the text of the article to show that the findings (top 20 words count for 33% of all words used) of
Professor McEnery hold true for any text.
Learned a new term,
Vicky Pollard.
December 17, 2006, 10:47
goofyThanks for that, zmjezhd. Language Log wins at life.
December 17, 2006, 19:20
KallehSo often when we hear something on BBC (or NPR). we just believe it. Pullum always takes it one step further. He is so inspiring. I just pulled up his CV, and he has 222 publications, with a few more "in press." He is a true scholar.