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how do you spell "Arrrrgggh"? [Tue, 17-Jan-2006 5:10 PM]
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The Aargh Page:

Not surpisingly, "argh" is much more frequent than any of the alternatives, and the items with fewer 'a's or 'r's are more frequent than their longer neighbors. However, there are high-frequency islands, even way out in the long-word planes. For example, "a17r23gh" (17,23) occurs in 171 pages, even though if you change the number of 'a's or 'r's by one, it drops at least 20-fold. "A15r5gh" is almost 100 times more frequent than its neighbors.

Update: See also The Ahhhhhh Page: "There is a lot more ahhh'ing than argh'ing."

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[User Picture]From: [info]merovingian
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 1:38 AM (UTC)

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Googling a15r5gh shows that the pages all seem to be generated by porn auto-generate.
[User Picture]From: [info]relaxing
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:27 AM (UTC)

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Is that the literal string or its expansion?
[User Picture]From: [info]merovingian
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:28 AM (UTC)

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It's shorthand for Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!
[User Picture]From: [info]relaxing
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:32 AM (UTC)

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I was wondering if you were googling the shorthand to see if anyone had done further research on this matter.

[User Picture]From: [info]strspn
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:21 AM (UTC)

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I love statistics, and this is one fantastic chart.

However, I fear if this keeps up there will soon be an "ArghDecodeAtHome" screensaver trying to find intelligent messages in the patterns.
[User Picture]From: [info]imperator_mei
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:24 AM (UTC)

s/yaho{1,20}\.com/yahoo\.com/g

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See also, this.
[User Picture]From: [info]relaxing
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:26 AM (UTC)

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The fancy "fades out in the middle the way an 8-track's supposed to" text effect on the axes labels decreased the overall readability of the graph and delayed my realization of the page's True Genius by a good 30 seconds.
[User Picture]From: [info]nothings
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 2:42 AM (UTC)

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[User Picture]From: [info]kingfox
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 4:16 PM (UTC)

Cute

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[User Picture]From: [info]nickhalfasleep
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 4:21 AM (UTC)

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I wonder how far out to the next Mersenne argh?
[User Picture]From: [info]dr_wrebagzhoe
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 7:52 AM (UTC)

What about "Aaarrrggghhh"

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This doesn't take into account the A3r3g3h3 type, with repeated gs and hs.
[User Picture]From: [info]phenyx
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 12:42 PM (UTC)

Re: What about "Aaarrrggghhh"

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That notation reminded me of my automata theory class. Hurray for building "AA*rr*gg*hh*" recognizing finite state automata!
From: [info]moyix
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 4:27 PM (UTC)

Re: What about "Aaarrrggghhh"

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[User Picture]From: [info]spendocrat
Thu, 19-Jan-2006 5:34 AM (UTC)

Re: What about "Aaarrrggghhh"

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We want to see the ARGH hyper cube!
[User Picture]From: [info]drjon
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 10:47 AM (UTC)

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*snarf!*
[User Picture]From: [info]deadprogrammer
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 5:13 PM (UTC)

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There's a kit for stopping hardwood floor squeaks called "Squeeeeek No More". Most places that sell it online use a different spelling, so finding a good deal on them involves trying a different number of "e"s.
[User Picture]From: [info]ralesk
Wed, 18-Jan-2006 8:16 PM (UTC)

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What about /Goo+gle/? :3