Lexicalist reads through internet and twitter chatter to break down what people talk about by age, gender, and geography.
Here is “oil spill” (up about 12,000% the last month, mentioned once out of every 11,826 words):
Lighter blue, clearly, means the word is more common.
Here is “africa”:
People are talking about Africa 31% more than a month ago. Top states? DC and… Alabama!
- DC (5.9%)
- Alabama (5.3%)
- Montana (3.2%)
- New York (3.1%)
- Arkansas (2.6%)
Finally, if you ever asked yourself, “why don’t I see more Internet chatter on cattle?” it’s because you live in the wrong state:
Readers: prize for the best search word. Post links in comments.
Thanks to David Atkin for the pointer.
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The word “unjust” is used
63.1% of the time by males
36.9% of the time by females
Used more frequently with age
The word “unfair” is used
45.1% of the time by males
54.9% of the time by females
Used equally across all ages
Hayek and Keynes don’t come up yet.
Re: the high value in WV for “Prius,” many people there commute to government jobs in the greater Washington area, and a Prius gets you into the HOV lane without a passenger
Microfinance is popular in Hawai’i and Alabama
Discussion of liberty is up 25%, and libertarian is up 83%
But recession and stock market are down 29% and 23%, respectively
Arizona hits 137% more this month than last, “once every 20,290 words.”
http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=Arizona
From what I gather people in Alaska are twice as interested in Jesus than people in West Virginia…
Jesus:
1 Alaska 7.5%
2 West Virginia 3.4%
3 Missouri 3.3%
4 Kentucky 3.1%
5 Alabama 3.0%
… and people in Massachusetts are a lot more interested in their own country than anyone else in it:
USA:
1 Massachusetts 27.3%
2 Nevada 3.2%
3 Minnesota 2.6%
4 Washington 2.3%
5 Wyoming 2.1%
jesus (note vermont): http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=jesus&d=map
interweb: http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=interweb
Check out the strange patterns for “Gold Standard”:
1 New York 29.5%
2 Massachusetts 19.1%
3 Texas 14.3%
4 Washington 13.5%
5 Georgia 9.4%
6 California 8.0%
7 Illinois 6.2%
…Whereupon it immediately drops off, leaving a statistical 0.0% for the other 43 states.
Militia:
1 Alaska 12.4%
2 Oklahoma 9.4%
3 Michigan 5.9%
4 Utah 4.6%
5 Colorado 4.3%
Jah:
1 Wyoming 27.2%
2 New Jersey 11.4%
3 New Hampshire 9.3%
4 Florida 5.3%
5 Indiana 4.5%
Antioxidants
1 Nebraska 24.4%
2 Hawaii 22.4%
3 Arizona 5.2%
4 Colorado 5.2%
5 New York 4.7%
Moonshine
1 Kentucky 29.4%
2 North Carolina 12.2%
3 Illinois 10.8%
4 Virginia 7.0%
5 DC 6.0%
Prius:
1 Oregon 7.4%
2 West Virginia 7.0% (!!)
3 Nevada 6.9%
4 New Mexico 4.9%
5 California 4.5%
Prophecy:
1 Wyoming 24.7%
2 Colorado 7.2%
3 Texas 4.0%
4 Indiana 3.9%
5 Missouri 3.7%
% of men who talk about:
scotch: 68.9
beer: 67.2
whisky: 65.7
absinthe: 64.0
bourbon: 63.6
gin: 59.4
rum: 53.1
tequila: 49.7
vodka: 49.6
champagne: 48.3
wine: 46.5
cognac: 45.8
heaven: http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=heaven
hell: http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=hell
purgatory: http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=purgatory
nirvana: http://www.lexicalist.com/search.cgi?s=nirvana
Try “boys” vs. “girls”.