tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post5630720239371713465..comments2023-03-22T03:46:05.342-07:00Comments on One Finger Typing: N-gram fetishismSteve Masoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-22230818234985340692011-01-07T06:47:20.722-08:002011-01-07T06:47:20.722-08:00@Ariel: I think you just refuted your own claim! W...@Ariel: I think you just refuted your own claim! Was <a href="http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=California%2COhio&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3" rel="nofollow">this</a> your proof?<br /><br />If so, did you only prove, perhaps, that California is bigger than Ohio, or has been since the early 20th century? That California has been more populated than Ohio for the time period most books mined by Google's NGram were published? That California serves as a setting or subject for more cultural artifacts (like books and movies and books about movies)?<br /><br />Do any of these imply "better" or "more important"? In what contexts?Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-92154931885814606252011-01-06T22:49:41.722-08:002011-01-06T22:49:41.722-08:00It's fun AND useful--I used it to prove a poin...It's fun AND useful--I used it to prove a point to a friend that California is indeed better/more important (or at least written about more) than Ohio (her native state). One problem I do see with the toy/tool is that it doesn't take into account the different definitions and/or contexts of a word. I can't think of a good example right now but there are billions of words that have different meanings in different fields of study, etc..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024898579461761855noreply@blogger.com