Graphs of word usage

[restorer-john]

Here are some cool graphs (Ray likes graphs!) on published word usage over the years. Notice how peak usage corresponds with the zenith of the formats?

And it looks like Amir peaked in 1976 or so.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=

 

[amirm]

And it looks like Amir peaked in 1976 or so.

I am getting my second wind now!!!

 

[RayDunzl]

I could spend all day on that...

 

[restorer-john]

I could spend all day on that...

I knew you'd love it.

 

[svart-hvitt]

No MQA?

 

[restorer-john]

No MQA?

Data appears only up until 2008.

Bob must have had it planned all along

 

[svart-hvitt]

Data appears only up until 2008.

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Bob must have had it planned all along

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Wow! We need a conspiracy theory here!

 

[AnalogSteph]

It appears that hi-fi was all the rage in the mid-late '50s. You can also see the second boom in the late '70s and early-mid '80s.