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http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/
You can track how the written frequency of specific words changes over the years, dating back to the 1700s.
Examples:
-Names:
http://goo.gl/mlIAt
-Cities (gives an idea of rise and decline of power):
http://goo.gl/glZ80
http://goo.gl/9z1G9
-Other:
http://goo.gl/GgWkg
http://goo.gl/MY6iF
http://goo.gl/Yr20X
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Yeah it took me like two seconds to let my mind wonder and insert dirty words into the search. I found it interesting how a lot of the profane words we use today gained momentum in the 60s.
Anyway apparently there was a big smegma epidemic in the early 1900s. http://goo.gl/BDIo0
The word " " had a big rise in the mid to late 80s for some reason while still staying at peak through our current time frame. http://goo.gl/VnYVh
Apparently was a pretty popular word around the turn of the 18th century.
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?c...=0&smoothing=3
That's pretty cool, my kids and I spent an enjoyable, lazy Saturday morning playing with it. Thanks Shoog
I never knew the word was so popular in the early 1900's
Yeah, I'm not sure how accurate or complete their database is before say 1800, so there may be some bias in what they have collected.
Well, now you have a mission in life.
I put in iPhone and unless I'm missing something.. it's way off
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?c...=0&smoothing=3
Is it just me me or are the shades of blue representing Rome and Moscow indistinguishable?
It's case-sensitive:
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?c...=0&smoothing=3
This is a really cool website.
A lot of people made a big about Google digitizing books but their ability to do something like this is what makes their efforts worth it. Prahps to Google.
So what is Google basing this off of to get their results? Is this just a for-entertainment site?
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