The New York Times’ At the Republican Convention, the Words Being Used is an interactive map of words used in speeches at the Republican Convention.
Nothing surprising about the words or even the distribution but something did catch my eye.
Look at the cloud and you will find:
- Success – 65 mentions
- God – 62 mentions
- Romney – 148 mentions
- Economy – 58
- Tax – 48
- Change – 28
So, why does Romney get listed with “mentions,” and the Economy, Tax and Change, do not?
If there is a pattern to “mentions” or not, I haven’t recognized it.
What’s odder is that the excerpts from speeches appears to always say “mentions.”
Thought you might want to give it a try.
I first saw this at Information Aesthetics.