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Fashionable Realtime info - Page 1 Fashionable Realtime for Steno Writers focuses generally on the most frequent English words. The following list was derived from thousands of English publications worldwide, including newspapers, periodicals such as Life and Time magazines, textbooks, the Holy Bible, fictional works, even romance novels. Anything written and published was harvested in huge numbers. Raw text was input to a database and analyzed without bias. The result was a fascinating cross-section of what constitutes the most commonly used English in modern life, and the backdrop for my research. There is a twist, though: Court reporters usually write unpondered and unscripted words — not published material. (There is no collection available of this specifically, but I’m working on it!) This explains why the $ symbol appears below. Clearly the collection represents printed language, not uttered language. Still, we might equate $ to the frequency of the spoken dollars. Numbers, too, appear on the list, since after all, they are still words. Therefore we would take occurrences of, say, 5, and add them to the total number under five to get the real frequency of the word “five”. An important consideration in exploring word frequency for our profession is the arrival of new words in common parlance or the repositioning of some words on the list, depending on your geographic location or at what point in time. An example might be “terror(ist)” which occurred only on the final page of the 21 pages that follow, since this list was created pre-September 11. The most frequent words for stenographic reporters therefore are always liquid, ever affected by culture, by history, and by life itself. Large figures after each headword represent the number of times the word occurred in the entire survey. Boldfaced oddities are entries representing computer-generated orthographical components of other words. Thus ve represents the frequency of ~ve as a contraction of pronouns I, you, and we which are listed separately. Some words appear more than once — in different tenses or as different parts of speech. Numerous entries suggest that materials used were largely British, not North American (e.g. Coventry appears but not the ubiquitous Dallas. Similarly, lawyer appears, but attorney had no place among the top 5,000.) I regret that I have likely missed a few capital letters for proper nouns, but I hope to catch them on the next session. Enjoy the list, and ask me if anything has you perplexed. Denis Thievin http://www.anderlust.net email: [email protected] the 18107022 of 8419391 to 8177240 and 7703785 a 7197416 in 5919687 that 3357098 is 3018750 it 3008767 for 2852135 I 2517897 was 2474005 on 2274695 he 2138343 $ (dollars) 2119734 with 2098286 as 1862646 be 1734169 at 1691897 by 1607157 but 1547321 have 1497877 are 1429395 his 1416768 from 1401122 they 1395527 you 1244899 not 1232450 had 1114497 has 1098776 an 1050136 we 1047476 or 933264 s (‘s) 927810 said 924236 their 880860 will 873382 which 859407 she 845055 were 842734 all 830061 been 816360 who 815265 this 813463 would 748393 there 736712 up 733880 if 718430 when 716856 about 698346 what 676872 out 673500 can 654604 so 614291 her 586419 one 577121 its 529387 two 510519 you 503334 time 501671 after 479498 than 497309 more 495018 people 494322 FASHIONABLE REALTIME: The 5,000 most frequent words in English

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Fashionable Realtime for Steno Writers focusesgenerally on the most frequent English words. Thefollowing list was derived from thousands of Englishpublications worldwide, including newspapers,periodicals such as Life and Time magazines,textbooks, the Holy Bible, fictional works, evenromance novels. Anything written and published washarvested in huge numbers. Raw text was input to adatabase and analyzed without bias. The result was afascinating cross-section of what constitutes the mostcommonly used English in modern life, and thebackdrop for my research.

There is a twist, though: Court reporters usually writeunpondered and unscripted words — not publishedmaterial. (There is no collection available of thisspecifically, but I’m working on it!) This explains whythe $ symbol appears below. Clearly the collectionrepresents printed language, not uttered language.Still, we might equate $ to the frequency of the spokendollars. Numbers, too, appear on the list, since afterall, they are still words. Therefore we would takeoccurrences of, say, 5, and add them to the totalnumber under five to get the real frequency of theword “five”.

An important consideration in exploring wordfrequency for our profession is the arrival of newwords in common parlance or the repositioning ofsome words on the list, depending on your geographiclocation or at what point in time. An example might be

“terror(ist)” which occurred only on the final page ofthe 21 pages that follow, since this list was createdpre-September 11. The most frequent words forstenographic reporters therefore are always liquid,ever affected by culture, by history, and by life itself.

Large figures after each headword represent thenumber of times the word occurred in the entiresurvey. Boldfaced oddities are entries representingcomputer-generated orthographical components ofother words. Thus ve represents the frequency of ~veas a contraction of pronouns I, you, and we which arelisted separately.

Some words appear more than once — in differenttenses or as different parts of speech. Numerousentries suggest that materials used were largelyBritish, not North American (e.g. Coventry appears butnot the ubiquitous Dallas. Similarly, lawyer appears,but attorney had no place among the top 5,000.) Iregret that I have likely missed a few capital letters forproper nouns, but I hope to catch them on the nextsession.

Enjoy the list, and ask me if anything has youperplexed.

Denis Thievin

http://www.anderlust.netemail: [email protected]

the 18107022of 8419391to 8177240and 7703785a 7197416in 5919687that 3357098is 3018750it 3008767for 2852135I 2517897was 2474005on 2274695he 2138343$ (dollars) 2119734with 2098286

as 1862646be 1734169at 1691897by 1607157but 1547321have 1497877are 1429395his 1416768from 1401122they 1395527you 1244899not 1232450had 1114497has 1098776an 1050136we 1047476

or 933264s (‘s) 927810said 924236their 880860will 873382which 859407she 845055were 842734all 830061been 816360who 815265this 813463would 748393there 736712up 733880if 718430

when 716856about 698346what 676872out 673500can 654604so 614291her 586419one 577121its 529387two 510519you 503334time 501671after 479498than 497309more 495018people 494322

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