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Pursuant to http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/187922/Type_1_2_3_revisited#Post187922...in which tsu so kindly provides a mathematical analysis interesting to consider but still under scrutiny, herewith a poll to determine approximately what fraction of us don't understand the meaning of "doggo" or didn't until it recently appeared under Today's Word. If you are embarrassed to admit you didn't, I'm quite sure you can vote anonymously
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How anonymous would that be?  I wish you could shrink your link.
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regarding the long link, note that the post number (187922) appears twice. you can cut off everything after the first occurrence and the link still works, so.. http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/187922
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tsu thanks, you must really work at this stuff night and day. At the conclusion of this thread you might calculate whether "doggo" falls closer to Type-2 or -3
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three to five.. I'll admit I expected this to be essentially reversed; but I'm actually more concerned at the low voter turnout. eight votes is really commiserable. and, I suppose, indicative of the traffic here these days.
anyways, I think I'll go lie doggo now..
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In spite of my dislike of categorizing words and avoiding threads on 1.2.3. words, I've given my vote to this dogged poll. I'm one of the vast mayority who didn't know. Yes, the traffic is low and will be even lower if you go the dogs.
Traffic also depends on the words of the week.(not to forget this forum is directly attached to AWAD.) Can't say this week's words, being very matter of fact expressions, left much room to speculate about. Why people who pass by are not hanging on we can't be sure, but I would certainly not have lingered here if I had been welcomed by a Type 1.- 2.- 3. - words biggering. And we've had that about 12 times now. ( no personal offense meant )in the comparatively short period I've been here.
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... I'm actually more concerned at the low voter turnout. I was confused by the fact that, although it was stated that only one choice was allowed, two were offered. Which one isn't allowed?
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tsu, yes with 7000 members I've noted the lack of participation lately and wonder why
Bran thank you, we need you. No offense taken but why all the anger about categorization, no need to emulate lat, I still love you
Fal, while composing the thread I wondered the same thing but concluded that it's simply the one not checked
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dal, here's the thing that actually bothers me about the 1,2,3 rating.. doggo, for instance, you rate as a three. fine. that's where it falls, per your system, in your personal lexicon. so, I imagine, does the word doggery. okay, here comes my point: doggo has 18 onelook listings; doggery has five onelook listings. to me, these numbers provide a better feeling for the relative obscurity of these two words. let's just for the sake of argument call these their OneLook numbers; doggery is a type 5 and doggo is a type 18 (where the lower number indicates more obscurity). the word 'see' is a type 30, for comparison. for me, this provides more grist.. and I don't even have to give it too much thought, I just plug it into OneLook and I have a number that suggests *something to me. BTW, there are several words in the wwftd dictionary which are type 1s by this system. 
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Which one isn't allowed?
The one that you don't choose, hmmm, but you can only choose One anyway. Unless you vote twice. For the same thing?
The Ambiguity Alligator bites again.
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