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Old 02-08-2009, 04:44 PM   #16
jj
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Default Re: Total word count of all Lightfoot Lyrics

yes, right char....think of how many times he used "I" or "the" which would have to be subtracted....so what is the # of unique words? again, i would be more interested in the # of adjectives and nouns, etc. cos that's really what his imagery is all about not the repetitive prepositions, conjunctions, etc...wow, are we an anal lot or what? lol

Tim, yes, The Circle is Small and The Way I Feel are the only 2 repeated songs in his 20 standard albums, right? edit: wrong, there are surprisingly 9 (mostly found in those first half dozen albums) ...I don't count compilation CDs ie. recordings from Gord's Gord or GG2, etc.

so the revised unique song total from those is 226 (edit: less the 4 written by others would then equal, 222)

....meaning i should change my # of non-unique words estimate to about 49,499....lol

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