tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post6490136090628396014..comments2024-03-27T21:54:06.467-07:00Comments on Wordlady: The British: a nation of schemers?Katherine Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-89952165243260403112014-07-02T23:53:27.584-07:002014-07-02T23:53:27.584-07:00The way I think of this is that outside North Amer...The way I think of this is that outside North America <i>scheme</i> means 'plan', whereas inside North America it means 'plot'. P's on both sides!John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-46640918115203736462014-01-13T06:05:26.927-08:002014-01-13T06:05:26.927-08:00Thanks so much for this post. A friend of mine sen...Thanks so much for this post. A friend of mine sent this to me after I posed this exact question on my facebook status. I love words and love people that love words!!Heidi Kayhttp://www.kayconcepts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-44512604373341956212013-11-08T16:22:20.722-08:002013-11-08T16:22:20.722-08:00My only answer is that I didn't know how...My only answer is that I didn't know how...Katherine Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-13202779843445637102013-11-08T15:40:05.341-08:002013-11-08T15:40:05.341-08:00My only question is why you created separate n-gra...My only question is why you created separate n-gram graphs for the British and American cases, instead of combining them, like this:<br /><br />https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=scheme%3Aeng_gb_2012%2C+scheme%3Aeng_us_2012&year_start=2000&year_end=2008&smoothing=3Adrian Morganhttp://outerhoard.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com