qwantz: yarr, excuse me manners and excuse me princess

Ryan (

qwantz) wrote,
@ 2009-10-21 21:30:00

yarr, excuse me manners and excuse me princess

Let's see what we've got here:

- "Excuuse me, princess!" is really unpopular, given its ease in typing: people either write the phrase with The Canonical Number of Letters U (that is, 1), or write it with more. I believe this reflects a tension between dictionary spelling and how the word is said: if you're going to break the rules, people break them in a way that's clear and unambiguously not a typo!

- There is a marked preference for 41 letters u: "excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!" has 3,770 results, while the results around it have tons fewer. That's that bump near the end of the graph! Clearly there is a connection here with the amount of time the average person is willing to hold down their "u" key before losing interest and seeing what the other keys do

- It took 50 letters u ("excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!") to get 0 results. I was going to stop there, but then I made the mistake of checking 51 letters u, which had a few hits, as did 52. It was at 67 letters u ("excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!") that my Google search box was mostly the letter "u" and I realized that there is no upper limit on how many letters u could appear. It's letters u all the way down, you guys! So I stopped and wished I'd written a script to do this instead, but I really thought we'd peter out before 67.

DATA POINTS FOR FUN AND REFERENCE:

"excuse me, princess!": 133,000
"excuuse me, princess!": 7,980
"excuuuse me, princess!": 133,000 (a tie!!)
"excuuuuse me, princess!": 222,000
"excuuuuuse me, princess!": 238,000
"excuuuuuuse me, princess!": 90,900
"excuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 65,900
"excuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 67,600
"excuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 36,700
"excuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 27,600
"excuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 21,100
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 55,400
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 34,300
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 24,500
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 9,540
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,500
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5,970
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 23,300
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2,090
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,410
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2,060
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,870
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1,840
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1,420
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1,080
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 206
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 243
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 405
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 95
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 134
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 108
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 84
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 97
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 9
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 99
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 78
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 55
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 79
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,770!
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 7
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 6
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": FINALLY, NO RESULTS
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 6
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": none!
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1
"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

If you're upset that I broke your page layout or forced you to scroll horizontally you can pretty much imagine what my response is, here is a hint, it involves the letter 'u' and also royalty

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	kevlar_kania 2009-10-22 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Dropping that line in casual conversation is one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. (Reply to this)

	tony_cliff 2009-10-22 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Man, if they used this as a lesson plan, I might have paid attention in high-school math. (Reply to this)

	seiryuu26 2009-10-22 01:49 am UTC (link)
	this is probably the best use of Livejournal, ever. (Reply to this)

	heypais 2009-10-22 01:50 am UTC (link)
	Ryan the world is a better place because you are in it. Thank you for posting this! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	heypais 2009-10-22 01:51 am UTC (link)
	Also happy birthday! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	gwillen 2009-10-22 01:51 am UTC (link)
	There is a YTMND whose title is that string with 41 u's in it. People are quoting it. (Sorry, but I knew it couldn't be uncorrelated. IT would just be too weird. ;-) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gwillen 2009-10-22 01:52 am UTC (link)
	The spike at n=5 is impressive, though. I think that's the real point at which people lose interest with holding down the letter u. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	inflationary 2009-10-22 01:51 am UTC (link)
	you are the BEST (Reply to this)

	capnb0b 2009-10-22 01:51 am UTC (link)
	five u's seems like a reasonable thing to type when you are trying to talk like Link. (Reply to this)

	nyahnyahnyah 2009-10-22 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Holy crap, flashbacks. I have never played Zelda, but I sure remember the cartoon! (Reply to this)

	tedprior 2009-10-22 01:58 am UTC (link)
	This information is going to come in handy one day, I just know it! Bookmarked! (Reply to this)

	ohmanpompom 2009-10-22 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Awesome. Just awesome. (Reply to this)

	elphanet 2009-10-22 02:02 am UTC (link)
	oh man, this was totally worth forcing me to scroll horizontally, you don't even know! (Reply to this)

	qwantz 2009-10-22 02:04 am UTC (link)
	now the results for the higher levels of u all include links to this post; i have contaminated the dataset (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nedroidcomics 2009-10-22 02:07 am UTC (link)
	By observing the sarcasm, you have affected it (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	garillama 2009-10-22 02:06 am UTC (link)
	Am I the only one who really wanted to punch him in the face by the end of that video? (I really want someone to make it into a techno "excuuuuuse me, princess" remix) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	garillama 2009-10-22 02:07 am UTC (link)
	P. S. You are a good person for doing this and you should feel good! Also Happy Birthday! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-10-22 02:07 am UTC (link)
	thank you with 67 A's in the word 'thank' for making me laugh out loud at the end of a very long and bad day (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pink_like_me 2009-10-22 02:08 am UTC (link)
	oops that was me, i have a new computer and thus am not logged in anywhere ahhh (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	jazzmoth 2009-10-22 02:08 am UTC (link)
	I hope there is a correlation between length of the acoustic vowel and length of the written vowel. Also, can I write my thesis (or at least one of my qualifying papers) on this? I'll cite you...! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	qwantz 2009-10-22 02:09 am UTC (link)
	What could possibly go wrong?? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	princessleia 2009-10-22 02:12 am UTC (link)
	well thaaaaaaaaaaaank you, ryan! this made my day. happy birthday. (Reply to this)

	jordfallsmotet 2009-10-22 02:21 am UTC (link)
	consider my mind completely blown. (Reply to this)

	simonbob 2009-10-22 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Did you use the Kh(aX)N Machine for this, or do you have a local program? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	simonbob 2009-10-22 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Guess I can answer my own question: Kha(X)N only allows one word at a time. Still, the graph for "excu*se" comes out somewhat similar to yours if you discount the extra hits for "excuse" actually spelled properly. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	zamp 2009-10-22 02:25 am UTC (link)
	I find it interesting that google like to suggest that maybe you meant "excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princes" with one less u everytime. (Reply to this)

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	hey_friend 2009-10-22 02:26 am UTC (link)
	Ryan Ryan Ryan/can't you see/sometimes your stats just hypnotize me/and I just love your nerdy ways/guess that's why I'm broke and you're so paid (and have a hot girlfriend) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jennuass 2009-10-22 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	hahahah!! Awesome! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	adg 2009-10-22 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Have I told you lately that you're amazing? You're amazing. Hahaha (Reply to this)

	nightplayer 2009-10-22 02:38 am UTC (link)
	uX2 = uncanny valley (Reply to this) (Thread)

	qwantz 2009-10-22 11:22 am UTC (link)
	I believe this metaphor works in every way! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	chickensnack 2009-10-22 02:45 am UTC (link)
	MAN about a year and a half ago I suddenly felt the need to do this exact thing except with strings of the letter b. there was a nice spike at bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb also what's this Kh(aX)n business DOING IT BY HAND IS THE BEST (Reply to this)

	mosesandcompany 2009-10-22 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Yes, yes I did! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thedisgrace 2009-10-22 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	Ahahahaha, thank you, Google. I KNEW I'D FORGET A U SOMEWHERE (Reply to this) (Parent)

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