Author Archives: arjaybe

About arjaybe

Jim has fought forest fires and controlled traffic in the air and on the sea. Now he writes stories.

Glee Cheats

Posted on 2013-01-27 by arjaybe

The television show “Glee” has apparently used an independent artist’s music in one of its episodes without paying him, or even giving him credit. Jonathan Coulton made a cover of a song called “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot, paying … Continue reading →

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Querycount

Posted on 2013-01-25 by arjaybe

The Wordcount website, where “Elgin” was ranked as the 28,411th most-used word in British English, has a sister site called Querycount. This site also ranks the words, but instead of counting how many times they are used in the British … Continue reading →

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Wordcount

Posted on 2013-01-20 by arjaybe

I found a site on the Internet called “Wordcount.” It describes itself as an interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words. It ranks the words based on usage – the more a word is used, the higher … Continue reading →

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