riddler 0 #151 September 8, 2009 Quote and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox. He slammed television AND Microsoft in the same sentence ... the same clause. I, I .... I knew I voted for the right guy Too bad he didn't hype Linux a little. Oh, yeah, and it's such a socialist speech, Ayn Rand is rolling over in her grave Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #152 September 10, 2009 Quote I said nothing about his policies...although I disagree with most of them. I said he used the word "I" six times in a paragraph. If it's a contest, then then "you" wins. He said "you" 10 times and if you count "your" and "yourself" it's 17 total. That's almost 3:1 for "you" over "I" in the battle of the pronouns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #153 September 10, 2009 Quote Quote I said nothing about his policies...although I disagree with most of them. I said he used the word "I" six times in a paragraph. If it's a contest, then then "you" wins. He said "you" 10 times and if you count "your" and "yourself" it's 17 total. That's almost 3:1 for "you" over "I" in the battle of the pronouns A lil' linguistical analysis - neat. Thanks for going back to the primary document. /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #154 September 10, 2009 Quote If it's a contest, then then "you" wins. He said "you" 10 times and if you count "your" and "yourself" it's 17 total. That's almost 3:1 for "you" over "I" in the battle of the pronouns A lil' linguistical analysis - neat. Thanks for going back to the primary document. /Marg Interesting, if you go to the primary document in its entirety it turns out that the subsection presented earlier for review is a nicely representative sample. Full analysis of the speech finds the ratio of "you/yourself" to "I" to be 3.29:1. I'm so used to cherry picking of data in the forum. This is a pleasant surprise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LyraM45 0 #155 September 10, 2009 Quote Quote Quote I said nothing about his policies...although I disagree with most of them. I said he used the word "I" six times in a paragraph. If it's a contest, then then "you" wins. He said "you" 10 times and if you count "your" and "yourself" it's 17 total. That's almost 3:1 for "you" over "I" in the battle of the pronouns A lil' linguistical analysis - neat. Thanks for going back to the primary document. /Marg +1... thank for going back and pointing this out. Now the numbers back it up. Next argument, please.....Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
