---- Nancy Neff <nnef...@yahoo.com> wrote: Now what I would like to know is why is there such a spike in the frequency of the phrase "bobbin lace" in books in English in 1958 to 1960? and also a narrow one at 1900? (too narrow to be just the general lace revival I think)----
How did the figures shown on the left-hand side of the graph compare to other graphs? The "huge" spikes you mention are less than 2-hundred-thousandths of 1 percent. Now, granted, out of 5 million books, anything about BL will be a small percent. But the difference between 0 and 2-hundred-thousandths is not really all that huge. The spike could be one or two books that mention BL several times, couldn't it? Robin Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
