Wordcount
WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonality. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.
“Eve” is three words from “wins”, 2 words from “restaurant”, 5 words from “menu”, and 6 words from “pregnancy”.
“Magda” is right next to “hippocampal”.
“David” is three words away from “girl” and “secretary”.
“Alex” is four words from “explicit”, two words from “intelligent” and “imagined”, and 8 words from the letter “q”.
“Ass” is two words from “minimize”, and “scintillating” is four from “izetbegovic”.
“War” is two from “police”, and four from “mind”.
“Penicillin” is four from “genital”, which is next to “slug”.
“Bejewelled” is three words from “afflictions”, “tawdry” is two from “persuations”, and “wrangling” is one from “childrens”.
And of course, “sex” is right next to “trees”.
Dave said,
October 1, 2004 at 1:51 am
I’ve always wanted a secretary.
Also. “Dubious” is right next to “Libya”. “Slab” is right before “unwelcome”. “Cock” comes just before “penis”. “Vagina” comes after “goldsmiths” but before “conservationists” and two before “condoms”.
“Stalin” is two before “lethal”. “Lenin” is right in front of “heroic” and three ahead of “erect”. “Napoleon smells” apparently. However, “Hitler” is too close to “exceptional”. And just ahead of “dining”. So watch out.
And I’m done.