Can the Dictionary Keep Up?(thenation.com)
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Can the Dictionary Keep Up?
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/stefan-fatsis-dictionary-history/
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if your movie collection is big enough that might be really useful for language learning. Create your own frequency lists and common phrases.
I would be curious how it stacks up against the written word.
That's exactly what I'm using it for! And my movie collection is pretty big. I have about 1000 movies. (Many are translated, but also many are not.)
I mean all words were added to a dictionary because someone was using them. It's just that they may not be used by people in your particular region or time.
I'm sure this is not a remotely new idea, but I'm having fun with it. I also like that I can see how common every form of every word is. I was surprised to learn that almost none of the most common words are nouns. And in my internal tools I can filter by movies released a certain date to track changes, which is neat.