Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:50:24 -0500
From: "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fw: new google literature tool
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On 12/18/2010 3:39 AM, ronkean at juno.com wrote:
> In 500 Billion Words, a New Window on Culture
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/books/17words.html
>
> By PATRICIA COHEN

Wow!  And just to prove that people never change, the first search I put
in was for "fuck".  Interesting result too.  Especially if you extend
the time back to 1500.

Second search was on George Carlin's "Seven Words".  Very quick
response.  I wonder if I wasn't the first to ask, so it's in the cache?  ;-)

In general, it looks like there was a long period of language repression
from about 1725 until 1950.  I wonder what that correlates with?
Newspapers and publishing houses?  Ending with TV and the Baby Boomers?

-- Mike B.