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Vocabulary meter
The vocabulary meter measures how many different words are used | |
Many of the most popular youtubers make videos in which they use a limited number of words. They rely on frequent expressions of surprise, disgust, joy and so on. Unlike less popular channels (like Technology Connections).
The limited vocabulary also characterises the television genre of reality-tv,
although the different characters in the show develop some kind of storyline based upon the behaviour of these 'real' people (with limited vocabulary) in settings arranged by the writers.
In order to characterise shows on vocabulary instead of the violence and sex on display, bring on the vocabulary meter.
With this metric around, there is a stimulus and reward for youtubers and television writers to expand the vocabulary used in the show. Along the way, this is undoubtedly will provoke mimicry among the fans resulting in a broader vocabulary in daily life.
In real life this 'gamification' could lead to meetings where participants choose their words wisely because at the end a coworker will read the vocabulary meter score from his smartphone.
Practically, you would add the url of the show to the application and the metric is returned once the show is analysed. Alternatively you can upload a audio or video file for analysis.
In the future an application like Shazam would suffice to have an existing show recognised and analysed on vocabulary.
1000 Most Used
https://1000mostcom...mmon-english-words/
Here's the start of your "detection list" for the meter. [neutrinos_shadow, Aug 09 2022]
Input the text of this idea,
https://readability...bility-formulas.php
and out comes the Readability score, average Grade 12 level! [Sgt Teacup, Aug 10 2022]
Input the text of this idea;
https://hackerfacto...Guesser.php#Analyze
'too few' words to really tell, the writer is probably MALE [Sgt Teacup, Aug 10 2022]
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This be good, like... ya know... good 'n stuff. [+] |
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Despite the obvious flaws and likely oversights in the algorithm, I've been using the Readability Score and the GenderGuesser (see links) for my own amusement, mostly in my side job as a P.Dick. They'd come in handy for this idea, [rrr]* |
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*who is likely a male person with at least a Grade 12 education. Maybe. Wonder how the GG takes into account transgenderishness. |
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// Wonder how the GG takes into account transgenderishness. // |
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Reminds me of a side character in Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle"(?) who can tell if an author is homosexual by looking at a book's index. |
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This might backfire; much linguistic dumbing down originates with those journalists and broadcasters who, as if they were already playing this game, use long words without knowing what they mean, just so as to sound impressive. |
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"Male" is not a gender though |
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//"Male" is not a gender though// Of course you are correct [poc]--'female/male' being biological categories, not social constructs. Should've put more space between the thoughts, perhaps used a second postscript*. Asterisks are dangerous pointy items, so we must use them judiciously. |
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*My wonderment still stands though--I'd like to see the algorithms behind those sites, to see how they correlate writing output to education level and biological category. |
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// "Male" is not a gender though // |
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I read this as sarcasm, although possibly it was an inadvertent joke. Thing about words is you can change them, redefine them, without changing the underlying reality. Too many people don't understand that. |
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