Comment on Google labs:word frequency in books over the last 200 yearsComments−iunk15yI don't know in what context they could use Geek in 1800. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=geek&year_sta...−Groxx15yOr the 1700s: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=geek&year_sta...Perhaps weirder, "Woot": http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=Woot&year_sta...−iunk15ySeems like some are incorrect when i look at the scanned pages and one of those says Geck instead of Geek http://books.google.com/books?id=gvYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA497&#...−Groxx15yAh, good point. This is generated by OCR + reCAPTCHA, error is guaranteed to creep in.
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I don't know in what context they could use Geek in 1800. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=geek&year_sta...
Or the 1700s: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=geek&year_sta...
Perhaps weirder, "Woot": http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=Woot&year_sta...
Seems like some are incorrect when i look at the scanned pages and one of those says Geck instead of Geek http://books.google.com/books?id=gvYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA497&#...
Ah, good point. This is generated by OCR + reCAPTCHA, error is guaranteed to creep in.