> GR, < Wingstroke

Glenn Scheper glenn_scheper at earthlink.net
Sun Nov 6 01:48:27 CST 2005


There were about 2200 unique words in Wingstroke,
and 12 times as many in GR. I took all >= 4 chars
with >= 3 times; and list the 305 words in common
here, sorted by frequency in ws, then in gr:

 3   3 depths
 3   3 glide
 3   3 pajamas
 3   3 sweaters
 3   3 unbearable
 3   4 ribs
 3   4 waiter
 3   5 brow
 3   5 rapidly
 3   6 dense
 3   6 pounding
 3   6 sparks
 3   6 tremor
 3   7 delicate
 3   7 reflected
 3   7 write
 3   8 chill
 3   8 raised
 3   8 revenge
 3   9 curved
 3   9 drinks
 3  10 eyelashes
 3  10 radiance
 3  11 abruptly
 3  12 negro
 3  13 collar
 3  13 forth
 3  13 smiled
 3  13 thoughts
 3  13 yesterday
 3  14 eyebrows
 3  14 softly
 3  14 writing
 3  14 youth
 3  15 returned
 3  15 scattered
 3  16 forehead
 3  17 broad
 3  18 burst
 3  18 pulled
 3  19 aside
 3  20 decided
 3  20 understood
 3  21 hall
 3  21 narrow
 3  22 letters
 3  22 shall
 3  24 fellow
 3  24 noise
 3  25 hung
 3  27 pair
 3  27 search
 3  29 ceiling
 3  29 laughing
 3  29 ring
 3  30 immediately
 3  31 dancing
 3  32 book
 3  34 grew
 3  37 silk
 3  37 we'll
 3  40 dust
 3  43 forward
 3  48 shadow
 3  50 ones
 3  56 clouds
 3  56 giant
 3  67 leave
 3  73 broken
 3  75 called
 3  77 arms
 3  85 running
 3  87 moving
 3  91 give
 3  95 small
 3  95 trees
 3  97 since
 3  97 three
 3  98 deep
 3  99 shadows
 3 105 yellow
 3 108 getting
 3 111 faces
 3 112 dead
 3 119 later
 3 120 course
 3 121 sound
 3 138 what's
 3 141 gone
 3 146 morning
 3 158 outside
 3 163 toward
 3 195 death
 3 210 nothing
 3 210 want
 3 217 though
 3 252 can't
 3 287 that's
 3 583 more
 3 730 it's
 4   3 floated
 4   3 gliding
 4   3 replied
 4   5 approached
 4   5 footfalls
 4   6 steep
 4   9 slopes
 4  11 chest
 4  14 tired
 4  18 jacket
 4  20 horror
 4  21 filled
 4  21 tomorrow
 4  23 closed
 4  23 damn
 4  23 rose
 4  24 wide
 4  25 asked
 4  27 stopped
 4  31 band
 4  32 probably
 4  33 instant
 4  33 quiet
 4  37 stars
 4  38 flying
 4  41 enormous
 4  41 lips
 4  48 bare
 4  49 heavy
 4  55 cigarette
 4  55 floor
 4  58 breath
 4  62 begun
 4  63 turning
 4  65 someone
 4  68 english
 4  85 front
 4  87 smile
 4  88 beyond
 4  94 edge
 4 101 above
 4 115 everything
 4 133 blue
 4 134 point
 4 156 already
 4 157 full
 4 170 found
 4 197 love
 4 226 while
 4 228 think
 4 264 going
 4 580 know
 4 583 even
 5   3 motionless
 5   6 dinner
 5   6 flew
 5   6 stairs
 5  12 gaze
 5  15 pillow
 5  16 reading
 5  17 bent
 5  18 entire
 5  21 wife
 5  22 angel
 5  28 wing
 5  34 dance
 5  34 fell
 5  40 looked
 5  44 music
 5  53 pale
 5  54 understand
 5  57 listen
 5  67 woman
 5  76 silence
 5  81 bright
 5  86 brown
 5  95 paper
 5 106 heart
 5 108 voice
 5 121 girl
 5 145 years
 5 153 side
 5 167 wind
 5 172 life
 5 174 young
 5 178 without
 5 192 once
 5 202 dark
 5 228 between
 5 238 another
 5 314 first
 5 323 before
 5 362 still
 5 383 well
 6   5 rushed
 6   7 snowy
 6   8 opened
 6  14 wrote
 6  27 chair
 6  29 stood
 6  34 shoulder
 6  34 wings
 6  41 asleep
 6  69 feeling
 6  96 mouth
 6 148 hands
 6 168 trying
 6 190 looking
 6 195 left
 6 263 behind
 6 275 along
 6 312 very
 6 366 under
 6 369 light
 6 418 last
 6 494 away
 6 517 come
 7  13 slope
 7  14 corridor
 7  24 hollow
 7  25 laughter
 7  26 ears
 7  28 gave
 7  44 slowly
 7  47 onto
 7  58 soft
 7  60 suddenly
 7  66 silent
 7  76 falling
 7  79 glass
 7  80 took
 7 109 sleep
 7 119 open
 7 180 hand
 7 241 against
 7 304 across
 7 418 don't
 7 454 around
 7 521 your
 7 619 through
 7 680 just
 7 754 them
 8  19 slightly
 8  45 seemed
 8  92 went
 8 145 cold
 8 249 head
 8 298 look
 8 357 something
 8 393 would
 9   6 guitar
 9  10 letter
 9  23 started
 9  61 legs
 9 140 feet
 9 180 tell
 9 228 himself
 9 365 could
 9 384 other
 9 451 right
 9 753 only
10   3 amid
10  32 shoulders
10 111 made
10 157 came
10 676 been
11  72 table
11  77 wall
11 152 next
11 160 past
11 183 hair
11 193 people
11 246 must
11 434 little
11 487 where
11 695 about
12  55 turned
12 133 thought
13  22 hotel
13  75 felt
13 427 long
13 546 which
13 663 time
13 852 their
14  55 snow
14 324 black
14 359 after
14 370 night
15  53 began
15 779 over
16 455 white
17  96 window
17 347 face
17 868 back
18 337 again
18 485 were
19 108 door
19 109 said
19 465 when
20 876 down
21 727 some
25 785 like
27 312 eyes
30 245 room
30 589 then

Probably just too much time on my hands.

Yours truly,
Glenn Scheper
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