March 4, 2016
Nonsense Words: Scientists Have Quantified What Writers Always Knew
While researching yesterday’s Dr. Seuss post, I came across an interesting article from The Atlantic called “The Secret to Dr. Seuss’s Made-up Words.” The main idea is that people find nonsense words funny and that how funny people find the words depends on how uncommon the letters and letter arrangements are in the English language. I’ll be honest, as interesting as that was,...