N-gram Analysis of the New York Times Weddings Section

Re:N-gram Analysis of the New York Times Weddings Section by MichaelGG on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @03:32PM (#6329869)

Not to be rude or offend you, but, why? You're saying a newspaper spend 10 hours researching and writing a 700-word article about your wedding? Is this a "local flavour" type article, like they might do about assorted residents? Or are your families famous or ? Did you pay for this kind of placement? Perhaps I'm socially inept here, I just feel like I'm missing something.

As far as being in the dataset, certainly they aren't analyzing every flavour-style thing article, just "announcements"? Just like a 2-page life-in-review article on someone famous when they die doesn't really go in the obit section, does it?

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Re:N-gram Analysis of the New York Times Weddings Section by WillyF on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @04:49PM (#6330383)

I was surprised that we got in and shocked that they put so much time into the article. I can't believe it makes economic sense to put so much into such a short write-up, but I guess it does for The Times.

Together my wife and I check quite a few boxes that the NY Time typically looks for. We aren't famous or all that noteworthy, but we do have an interesting story of how we met. That was the main focus of the article.

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Re:N-gram Analysis of the New York Times Weddings Section by ritchiea on Thursday September 05, 2013 @04:59AM (#6332948)

Here's the article if you're curious: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/fashion/weddings/amy-gordo...

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