Interesting word cloud comparison:

[PeterB]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1...feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+(Daily+Kos)

[hal]

"The word clouds show the contrast between their two approaches. They both recognized Saturday's shooting for the tragedy that it was, but the clear emphasis of President Obama's word choice was on focusing on the victims and that which unites us as a nation, whereas Palin focused on her grievances and what drives our country apart."

all I see is a buncha words - this person is seeing what he wants to see...

[August West]

Interesting comparison, PeterB. Thanks.

[Jimmypoo]

Very interesting comparison.

I'd have actually expected more monosyllable words in her cloud - but either way, she was
on the defensive - so that cloud was expected content in the "it's not my fault" realm.

Just another "wannabe" asserting "Second Amendment Solutions" instead of elections. I long for her and
her stupidity to return to Alaska to breed more 'tards. Such a pathetic piece on the political landscape.

[Grace62]

Interesting...those were definitely very different speeches.
One made it about the people who were suffering and offered hope and support, the other made it about herself and her own suffering and issued demands.

[Grace62]

hal wrote:
"The word clouds show the contrast between their two approaches. They both recognized Saturday's shooting for the tragedy that it was, but the clear emphasis of President Obama's word choice was on focusing on the victims and that which unites us as a nation, whereas Palin focused on her grievances and what drives our country apart."

all I see is a buncha words - this person is seeing what he wants to see...

Word clouds are revealing and are discussed in a lot of writing classes these days. The larger and bolder words are the ones used most often, so you can see what was emphasized and get a feel for the tone. The cloud sometimes reveals a different tone than the writer intended.
http://www.wordle.net/
You can use this site to create word clouds from text.

[cbelt3]

grace, that is an AWESOME tool. I've been fiddling with it a bit, and I can see where it's visually useful for writing analysis.

Not to mention fun.

[Jimmypoo]

cbelt3 wrote:
grace, that is an AWESOME tool. I've been fiddling with it a bit, and I can see where it's visually useful for writing analysis.

Not to mention fun.

Not much happening in that piece of writing.... http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2985280/charlie

[Pops]

Grace62 wrote:
[quote=hal]
Word clouds are revealing and are discussed in a lot of writing classes these days. The larger and bolder words are the ones used most often, so you can see what was emphasized and get a feel for the tone. The cloud sometimes reveals a different tone than the writer intended.

Not to worry. Mathematical analysis borders on science, and thus will be dismissed by the uber-right posters here.

[Grace62]

Grace62 wrote:
Word clouds are revealing and are discussed in a lot of writing classes these days. The larger and bolder words are the ones used most often, so you can see what was emphasized and get a feel for the tone. The cloud sometimes reveals a different tone than the writer intended.

Pops wrote:
Not to worry. Mathematical analysis borders on science, and thus will be dismissed by the uber-right posters here.

Is that what you meant to post?