Comments on: On Constructing a Vocabulary Cloud

By: Which words do you own?–A Mom, a Blog, and the Life In-Between « Pretty Good on Paper

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:52:29 +0000

[...] (to some) analysis of the most common words here. And there is some discussion of method here and [...]

By: Moon Topples

Moon Topples — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:32:43 +0000

CaveyB: Oh, please consider adding my five words to the running total. Each blog you do means I’ll add less and less, but I’d love to be included. Maybe I’ll be your first subject to add no words at all.

By: kuipercliff

kuipercliff — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:43:18 +0000

I usually translate it as “of, or pertaining to, penguins”. I’d love to know what that nasal bone is btw. A recent straw poll of my archaeologist friends showed conclusively that the calcaneus (heel bone) was their favourite bone. They also decided 4-3 that archaeology was ‘boring’. Hence the survey.

Good news about the experiment. It’s about time my over-zealous use of inappropriate adverbs, ‘anyway’ and ‘although’, is outed once and for all. I look forward to the results.

By: caveblogem

caveblogem — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:26:23 +0000

kuipercliff,

You are in. Thanks for the link and the blurb. I’m thinking I could have yours done by Friday or Saturday.

Sphenisciform. Cool word. Does it have something to do with that weird-looking bone we have in back of our noses? Or are both similarly rooted in some other oddly shaped thing?

By: kuipercliff

kuipercliff — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:11:36 +0000

Brilliant stuff. As you can see, I’ve written a wee blurb about this most excellent endeavour. If you’re still looking for volunteers, I’m totally up for it, and I promise to leave my favourite word at the door: sphenisciform.

By: Language of the Blogosphere « KuiperCliff

Language of the Blogosphere « KuiperCliff — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:06:27 +0000

[...] the vocabulary of the blogosphere. An unabashed non-programmer, he’s been doing things the long way round, with fascinating and entertaining results. In a twist on the now-ubiquitous tag cloud, he is [...]

By: Stiletto Girl

Stiletto Girl — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:09:21 +0000

Actually, no, go ahead with the public display! Oh, hopefully not too torturous on the eyes!

By: caveblogem

caveblogem — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:53:07 +0000

SG,

I think that the people who have gone before you have used every variation of the F-word already. So it’s unlikely to sho up. If you want, I’ll let you take a look at the cloud first and decide whether or not you want it posted.

I don’t know how to import files into word’s dictionary in bulk. And I’m not sure I’d want to at this point. Maybe later, but I like having more direct control over what goes in.

By: Stiletto Girl

Stiletto Girl — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:33:24 +0000

It would be also be interesting if you could import the Urban Dictionary into MS Word and spice up run of the mill expressions with street lingo.

By: Stiletto Girl

Stiletto Girl — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:31:12 +0000

I wonder how many times the f word will show up. Now I am nervous. I am going to take a pill!