纳博科夫最喜欢的词
Nabokov's favorite word is mauve
Ben Blatt · 初版 2017 年
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在Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve中，统计学家兼记者Ben Blatt将大数据引入文学经典，发掘了隐藏在世界顶级作家作品中的大量趣味发现。他汇集了包含数千本书籍和数亿词汇的数据库，开始探寻几代词语爱好者和书迷都饶有兴致的问题：我们最喜爱的作者最钟爱的词汇是什么？男性与女性的写作风格有何差异？畅销书是否随着时间推移变得越来越浅薄？哪位畅销书作家使用的陈词滥调最多？怎样才算精彩的开篇
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还有一个同样简单粗暴但信息量拉满的衡量指标：统计“他”和“她”出现的次数。本·布拉特在《纳博科夫最喜欢的词是淡紫色》（Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve）里发现，在《纽约时报》畅销书中，男性作家写的书有90%出现“他”的频率高于“她”，女性作家写的书里也有三分之二如此。
A similarly blunt-but-informative measure is counting "he"s vs "she"s. In Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve, Ben Blatt found that among New York Times bestsellers, "he" appears more often than "she" in 90% of those written by men and two thirds of books written by women.
地点：洛杉矶 远程：可 愿意搬家：看地点 简历：我目前在一家NFL球队做数据分析师。之前做过数据记者，写过两本书（《Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve》和《I Don't Care If We Never Get Back》），还在Slate杂志做过交互内容。我很想去一家拥有独特数据、或者在其行业里数据扮演独特角色的公司做全职……
Location: Los Angeles Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Depends on Location Resume: I am currently a data analyst for an NFL team. Previously I was a data journalist and authored two books(Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve and I Don't Care If We Never Get Back) and was an interactives creator for Slate Magazine. I am interested in working full-time for a company that has unique data or a unique role for data in their industry.…