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Such Language!
Essay Contest Top-25 Word Lists
 
By Steve Dayton
May 12, 2007
What is it now, Steve?
Well, I employed a free online word counter to determine the most frequently used words in each 500-Word Essay.
Why did you do dat? [sic]
I dunno. [sic] I'm a data freak. Plus, it's completely unbiased data. Pure information, if you will.
Presenting our brave contestants, thus far, in alphabetical order:
The Avenger
| Word |
Frequency |
| luke | 11 |
| get | 4 |
| older | 3 |
| thirteen | 3 |
| screaming | 3 |
| high | 3 |
| knew | 3 |
| fireworks | 2 |
| home | 2 |
| brother’s | 2 |
| looked | 2 |
| year | 2 |
| girls | 2 |
| ran | 2 |
| put | 2 |
| kids | 2 |
| july | 2 |
| evening | 2 |
| over | 2 |
| ground | 2 |
| boy | 2 |
| head | 2 |
| town’s | 2 |
| old | 2 |
| walked | 2 |
Brian Barbeito
| Word |
Frequency |
| fish | 10 |
| reel | 6 |
| down | 5 |
| hook | 4 |
| worms | 3 |
| giant | 3 |
| pull | 3 |
| again | 3 |
| sun | 3 |
| felt | 2 |
| shore | 2 |
| wall | 2 |
| lagoon | 2 |
| did | 2 |
| chair | 2 |
| met | 2 |
| got | 2 |
| slow | 2 |
| time | 2 |
| around | 2 |
| corn | 2 |
| waited | 2 |
| jumped | 2 |
| moment | 2 |
| motion | 2 |
Christine Bruness
| Word |
Frequency |
| cat | 16 |
| black | 6 |
| male | 5 |
| two | 3 |
| car | 3 |
| cat’s | 3 |
| quickly | 3 |
| door | 3 |
| dead | 3 |
| victor | 3 |
| one | 3 |
| eyes | 3 |
| motel | 3 |
| heard | 3 |
| office | 3 |
| hundred | 2 |
| walked | 2 |
| way | 2 |
| register | 2 |
| shift | 2 |
| window | 2 |
| father’s | 2 |
| evening | 2 |
| peeked | 2 |
| see | 2 |
Steve Dayton
| Word |
Frequency |
| kevin | 8 |
| fan | 3 |
| one | 3 |
| just | 2 |
| think | 2 |
| fog | 2 |
| blades | 2 |
| became | 2 |
| until | 2 |
| time | 2 |
| off | 2 |
| different | 2 |
| morning | 2 |
| young | 2 |
| caused | 2 |
| four | 2 |
| further | 2 |
| life | 2 |
| sound | 2 |
| how | 2 |
| moment | 2 |
| turn | 2 |
| bed | 2 |
| down | 2 |
| over | 2 |
Patrick Hurley
| Word |
Frequency |
| ted | 4 |
| tell | 4 |
| get | 4 |
| said | 4 |
| dianne | 3 |
| never | 3 |
| way | 3 |
| back | 3 |
| goddess | 3 |
| say | 3 |
| smiled | 3 |
| eat | 2 |
| man | 2 |
| heart | 2 |
| woman | 2 |
| name | 2 |
| coat | 2 |
| leave | 2 |
| getting | 2 |
| door | 2 |
| see | 2 |
| area | 2 |
| laugh | 2 |
| thought | 2 |
| saw | 2 |
Thomas Keyes
| Word |
Frequency |
| hitler | 10 |
| day | 5 |
| ussr | 5 |
| war | 4 |
| stalin | 4 |
| mistress | 3 |
| little | 3 |
| many | 2 |
| lost | 2 |
| over | 2 |
| set | 2 |
| victory | 2 |
| considered | 2 |
| difference | 2 |
| german | 2 |
| days | 2 |
| made | 2 |
| slavic | 2 |
| germans | 2 |
| czechoslovakia | 2 |
| poland | 2 |
| allies | 2 |
| bodies | 2 |
| dictated | 2 |
| celebrated | 2 |
Ron Lewis
| Word |
Frequency |
| tom | 12 |
| “sabah | 2 |
| young | 2 |
| hated | 2 |
| through | 2 |
| still | 2 |
| last | 2 |
| past | 2 |
| surgeon | 2 |
| mind | 2 |
| apartment | 2 |
| policeman | 2 |
| front | 2 |
| neighbor | 2 |
| rifle | 2 |
| lost | 2 |
| back | 2 |
| room | 2 |
| replied | 2 |
| man | 2 |
| hand | 2 |
| waiting | 2 |
| line | 2 |
| esta | 2 |
| rocks | 2 |
Michelle Malsbury
| Word |
Frequency |
| people | 6 |
| friend | 5 |
| responsible | 3 |
| just | 3 |
| might | 3 |
| airplane | 3 |
| began | 3 |
| news | 3 |
| process | 2 |
| september | 2 |
| cnn | 2 |
| twin | 2 |
| events | 2 |
| dream | 2 |
| next | 2 |
| joke | 2 |
| blinked | 2 |
| event | 2 |
| struck | 2 |
| phone | 2 |
| president | 2 |
| inside | 2 |
| day | 2 |
| horrible | 2 |
| felt | 2 |
Sunny Chris Okenwa
| Word |
Frequency |
| pain | 5 |
| operation | 4 |
| having | 4 |
| went | 3 |
| home | 3 |
| abdomen | 3 |
| impossible | 3 |
| days | 3 |
| felt | 3 |
| hospital | 3 |
| off | 3 |
| back | 2 |
| prayer | 2 |
| middle | 2 |
| feet | 2 |
| dec | 2 |
| never | 2 |
| injected | 2 |
| eating | 2 |
| emergency | 2 |
| few | 2 |
| test | 2 |
| abdominal | 2 |
| doctor | 2 |
| full | 2 |
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About the author: Steve Dayton writes articles like he hits range balls: high, far-out, and sometimes even straight.
Email:
stixus_steve@yahoo.com
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