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Ngram: Good old mountain dew? Not exactly

Posted in History, Literature, Tar Heelia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

More phrase-frequency charts from Google Books Ngram Reader: – mountain dew vs. Mountain Dew – Michael Jordan vs. Thomas Wolfe, Andy Griffith and Sam Ervin – Lumbee Indians vs. Catawba Indians – Wilmington 10 vs. Chicago Seven – Charlotte Hornets vs. Charlotte Bobcats

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Ngram Viewer is back, and it’s taking (N.C.) names

Posted in History, Literature, Tar Heelia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It’s been a while since I last dumped a batch of North Caroliniana into the Google Books Ngram Viewer, that instantaneous measure of phrase frequency over the decades. Caveat e-lector: This is data at its rawest — conclusions should be jumped to for entertainment purposes only. Here goes: – Duke lacrosse vs. Duke football and [...]

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My magical moment with Michael Jordan

Posted in Just A Bite, tagged , , , , , , , on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“During a rain delay in a [1997] game against the Phillies, a security guard approached me on the bench. ‘There is someone here to see you,’ he said…. “I took one step toward the locker room, and there was Michael Jordan. Yes, that Michael Jordan. “Three years earlier, during the one season Jordan played professional [...]

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