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What kind of country has Britain become? (Part II)

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Peter Whale

Hi there Tom, good fun this, guess who comes out tops in the end with cops and robbers?

Posted by: Peter Whale | Monday, September 26, 2011 at 02:48 PM

jameshigham

Well, enlarging it and observing, it's pretty clear what it's saying, tom. And yes, it is correct.

Posted by: jameshigham | Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:58 AM

Moggsy

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.

Posted by: Moggsy | Monday, September 26, 2011 at 08:06 AM

Diogenes

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=3

Posted by: Diogenes | Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 03:35 PM

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