Any thoughts about this one? (click to enlarge)
I am not sure if you’re encouraging me to be more optimistic or not?
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4 responses to “Another nGram: Charity vs Social Security”
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It’s a great tool but it is too easy to abuse. Here for example is a graph that largely contradicts yours for no obvious reason. I fear people will use nGram to confirm and justify their preconceptions. The presenter’s remark about Reagan being a prime example.
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=charity%2Csocial+security&year_start=1985&year_end=2008&corpus=6&smoothing=3LikeLike
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I tried one on lowercase liberty against security.
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=liberty%2Csecurity&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3
Liberty starts high and goew low against security that starts low and goes high.LikeLike
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Well, enlarging it and observing, it’s pretty clear what it’s saying, tom. And yes, it is correct.
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Hi there Tom, good fun this, guess who comes out tops in the end with cops and robbers?
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
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