Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"

[Mark Mandel]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Damien Hall <djh514 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
> RON
> I am an actress    52,400
> She is an actress  93,000
> I am an actor      93,000
> She is an actor    10,800
>
> Ratio of 'She is an actress' to 'She is an actor'
> = 93,000 / 10,800
> = 1:
>
> DAMIEN (search restricted to .uk sites)
> I am an actress    444
> She is an actress  1,860
> I am an actor      871
> She is an actor    354
>
> Ratio of 'She is an actress' to 'She is an actor'
> = 1,860 / 354
> = 1:5.25

Teeny nitpick: you reversed the ratios. They would be 8.61:1 and 5.25:1.

Mark Mandel

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