Katzaniel Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I suspect that some of you have played the "Google Battle" game where you see how many hits two words get and then the winner is the one that has the most. This game is very closely related to that, but we're just going to use Google itself because I found Google Battle to be a bit buggy. Also, we need to use ONE search engine, so even though I myself am a Yahoo-er, I think we should all use Google just because that seems to be more popular. The game is, we use all the wordsmithing and creative power of the people at the Pen to see which word is used the most often of all words. Articles (the, a) and whatever "and" and "but" and so on are called, the're out. Basically anything else is okay, but if you can think of nouns or ideas or more substantial concepts over connecting-type words, that's better because it's more fun. The winner is declared when this thread sits still for two weeks straight. Also, I recommend we don't start right away with the ones that we're sure will win, though I already played this a bit by myself and I found words waaaay more popular than the ones I originally thought would win. (See PS note). I hereby start with the word "pen" - about 172,000,000 or 0.17 million hits. PS. I suspect the thread may go through a Scarlet-worthy phase, but single words are pretty harmless, and the more obscure ones aren't our goal here, so I figure the Cabaret room should be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Dragon Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 "Love" - 1,550,000,000 or 1.5 billion hits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardrax Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 (edited) "People" - 1.490.000.000 or 1,49 billion hits "We" - 3.790.000.000 or 3,79 billion hits "Us" - 4.070.000.000 or 4,07 billion hits ofcourse, that would be 4.070.000.001 hits for "Us" now in other words, to make any word win, you just need to post a new topic containing that word several billion times Edited November 14, 2006 by Mardrax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzaniel Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 "one" with 4,680,000,000 or 4.6 billion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvina Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) "me" = 2.15 billion hits Edited November 16, 2006 by Elvina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Panther Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 "email" 4,620,000,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 but work only gets 2.5 billion hits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverie Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 (edited) "contact us" 3.14 billion "com" 6.88 billion Com –noun 1. Comedy Central (a cable television channel). 2. computer output on microfilm Edited November 17, 2006 by reverie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 (edited) "cum" 87.1 billion cum –preposition with; combined with; along with (usually used in combination): My garage-cum-workshop is well equipped. *grins* Edited November 19, 2006 by Appy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardrax Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 To think a latin word would be so widely spread through websites. I wonder where all those classical language lovers are hiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzaniel Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Ohhh, and I actually believed that for like fifteen minutes until I tried it. That's a measely 87 *million*, reverie. *chuckles* I'm a little confused why the "filtered" and "unfiltered" results give me the same number of hits for that, though...? So... what I was *about* to announce as a candidate for second place... "new" for 7,440,000,000 or 7.4 billion. .... And do you know what's *really* interesting? I just tried searching for "com", too, and I'm getting 18,480,000,000 or 18.4 billion. Huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardrax Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'm getting 9.05 billion.... Google has its flaws as an adjucator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverie Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Katz: Come again? Scroll up, that was Appy's post, not mine. rev... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Yah, it was, and it was million too probably, it was late and I don't count zero's too well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvina Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Let's start narrowing things down, then, shall we? Locomotive = 10,100,000 hits (10 million, one hundred thousand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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