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Category Archives: Wordles
David Cameron’s first speech as Prime Minister compared to Gordon Brown’s resignation speech
The word “government” was the most frequently used word in David Cameron’s first speech as Prime Minster, below, surprising for a politican who campaigned so hard to cut down the size of government. (I quickly Wordled* David Cameron’s first speech … Continue reading
President Obama’s inauguration speech as a Wordle
A Wordle is a “tag cloud” or “word cloud” which clearly indicates key words used in any text. Here I have cut President Obama’s inauguration speech, delivered an hour ago, from the BBC website and then pasted it into the … Continue reading
Which UK newspaper is most blog-friendly?
I posted up a “wordle”or tag cloud of all speeches given by the UK’s political leaders at their national conventions over the last three weeks – US readers might be used to wordles but they are unknown in the UK … Continue reading
Opposition leader David Cameron’s speech at the Conservative Party conference as a wordle
Here is the entire speech of opposition leader David Cameron to the Conservative Party conference this afternoon in London presented as a “wordle”, or tag cloud. The toy gives greater prominence to those words that are most often used. Note how the words “today”, “financial” and “need” seem … Continue reading
Prime Minster Gordon Brown’s conference speech as a wordle
Here is the entire speech of Prime Minsiter Gordon Brown to the Labour Party conference this afternoon in Manchester presented as a “wordle”, or tag cloud. The toy gives greater prominence to those words that are most often used. Note how the word “people” and … Continue reading
Liberal Democratic leader Nick Clegg’s conference speech as a wordle
Here is the entire speech of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg to his conference last week presented as a “wordle, or tag cloud. The toy gives greater prominence to those words that are most often used. Note how Clegg mentions … Continue reading