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Talk:Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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, 13:55, September 9, 2013→conservative word hypothesis falsified - the word "conservatism" appears to have dropped in usage since the 1960s
::Since the mid 1960s use of the word "conservative" stopped growing percentage wise in usage and then post 2000 use of the word started to fall as can be seen [http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conservative&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share= HERE]. The world "conservative" though can be used outside of politics. But there is some correlation to someone who is "conservative" in their spending habits (and other habits) and them being a political conservative though. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:55, 9 September 2013 (EDT)
::Since the mid 1960s use of the word "conservative" stopped growing percentage wise in usage and then post 2000 use of the word started to fall as can be seen [http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conservative&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share= HERE]. The world "conservative" though can be used outside of politics. But there is some correlation to someone who is "conservative" in their spending habits (and other habits) and them being a political conservative though. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:55, 9 September 2013 (EDT)
:::Check out the usage of the word "Schlafly" [http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=schlafly&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share= HERE]. Is Schlafly a conservative word? :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 05:00, 9 September 2013 (EDT)
:::Check out the usage of the word "Schlafly" [http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=schlafly&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share= HERE]. Is Schlafly a conservative word? :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 05:00, 9 September 2013 (EDT)
I'm not sure I'm following the logic here. According to Mr. Schlafly's hypothesis, the total number of conservative words are increasing over time, not necessarily the individual usage of a particular word. Also as the number of words that describe the same concept increase, odds that a particular word will be employed would be expected to decrease. It's possible that certain words fall in and out of favor regardless of the concept they embody. I think it's unwise to announce the falsification of a hypothesis based on the results of a Google analysis. After all, the same tool also shows a sharp decline in "heliocentrism". --[[User:DonnyC|DonnyC]] 09:55, 9 September 2013 (EDT)