And Hawaii and Pompeii. Roman numerals do make up a lot of the ii's. Roughly, about 75% of them. A lot of the xx's too.

Yes.

The bar chart counts the occurrences of double letters in all of English Wikipedia's article text.

Data Source: English Wikipedia's April 1st, 2022 article data dump

Tools: Python, Matplotlib

I've just verified that this is due to the letters "a" through "z" along with the numerals "0" through "9."

Yes.

The word count goes by spelling only, and it is case insensitive. The numerals I'm referring to are Arabic numerals.

I'm pretty sure these are numerals. It makes sense since both add up to 36.

No. I'm pretty sure the ghost words are numerals. I should have wrote "characters" rather than "letters."

It might take me a little while to do all of them. The 20-letter 8-syllable words are "institutionalization" and "counterrevolutionary."

They are the abbreviation Rep, and the acronyms BMW, DFW. If I'm not mistaken, DFW stands for Dallas Fort-Worth. The dataset, though, lists the pronunciation as "dee-eff-dub-eh-you."

Data Sources: For syllable counting, the CMU Pronunciation Dictionary was used along with a few supplementary data points. Most common word data was obtained by analyzing Wikipedia database dumps.

Tools: Python Matplotlib

There's a Japanese singer with a very similar stage name. I'm guessing that has something to do with it.

Sources:

https://data.transportation.gov/Roadways-and-Bridges/Licensed-Drivers-by-state-gender-and-age-group/xfkb-3bxx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

Tools: Python Plotly

Spinners: Think rotating monkey bars. In practice, the designs can vary quite a bit.

Whirls: Things like marry-go-rounds.

Stepping pods: The idea is similar to that of a balance beam, however, their design better resembles lily pads without the water.

These are actually multi-swing setups. Most have 2 or 3 swings, but around 18% of them have 1, 4, or 5.

Whirls and spinners are both rotating toys. Whirls tend to be lower to the ground like a marry-go-round. Spinners are higher, and using them tends to involve greater use of the hands.

Source:

City of Pittsburgh Playground Equipment

The dataset is released by the City of Pittsburgh and it's licensed under CC-BY.

Tools: Python Matplotlib

I obtained much of the data from Wikipedia's List of English words of Spanish origin. I think the answer here may depend, at least in part, on how the term "origin" is interpreted. Unfortunately, my usage of this term seems to have resulted in a lot of misunderstanding.

I think any argument would necessitate that we have a common understanding of the term "origin." I don't think that we do.

>You have zero idea what you're talking about and are asserting opinions about words ...

It sounds like your saying that if someone is speaking in Korean and they use "컴퓨터" (pronounced like "computer") in a sentence, then the sounds coming out of their mouth aren't Korean words. Am I following that right?

>Your title is bad

So are you saying that I should have used a different title?

Yeah. It wasn't a mistake, per say, but, maybe, a bit unclear.

Do you have an idea in your head of how to define what a word is? How do you determine what is and what is not a word in a given language?

For the record, I am not claiming that computer and coffee originated in those languages, only that they are words within those languages.

I'm don't following the part about proper nouns, but words are just the sounds that come out of your mouth. Hence the reason "computer" is a Korean word, or "bus stop" is a Hindi term, or "coffee" is an Icelandic word.

The number is 60,900.

I had actually been considering this. These kinds of posts seem to stir up controversy though.

There is some difference in the interpretation of the word "origin." The posts gives the most recent origin rather than the complete known history of the word. I don't think recognition of indigenous languages should be neglected. At the same time, claiming that the terms were not introduced by way of Spanish speakers is like claiming "컴퓨터" is of Latin origin and not English. The term "컴퓨터" translates to "computer," and an audio recording can be found here:

https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%BB%B4%ED%93%A8%ED%84%B

Some people think eggs come from chickens. Others buy then from a grocery store.