yarr, excuse me manners and excuse me princess [Oct. 21st, 2009|09:30 pm] Ryan







Let's see what we've got here:



- "Excuuse me, princess!" is really unpopular, given its ease in typing: people either write the phrase with The Canonical Number of Letters U (that is, 1), or write it with more. I believe this reflects a tension between dictionary spelling and how the word is said: if you're going to break the rules, people break them in a way that's clear and unambiguously not a typo!



- There is a marked preference for 41 letters u: "excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuse me, princess!" has 3,770 results, while the results around it have tons fewer. That's that bump near the end of the graph! Clearly there is a connection here with the amount of time the average person is willing to hold down their "u" key before losing interest and seeing what the other keys do



- It took 50 letters u ("excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!") to get 0 results. I was going to stop there, but then I made the mistake of checking 51 letters u, which had a few hits, as did 52. It was at 67 letters u ("excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!") that my Google search box was mostly the letter "u" and I realized that there is no upper limit on how many letters u could appear. It's letters u all the way down, you guys! So I stopped and wished I'd written a script to do this instead, but I really thought we'd peter out before 67.



DATA POINTS FOR FUN AND REFERENCE:



"excuse me, princess!": 133,000

"excuuse me, princess!": 7,980

"excuuuse me, princess!": 133,000 (a tie!!)

"excuuuuse me, princess!": 222,000

"excuuuuuse me, princess!": 238,000

"excuuuuuuse me, princess!": 90,900

"excuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 65,900

"excuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 67,600

"excuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 36,700

"excuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 27,600

"excuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 21,100

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 55,400

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 34,300

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 24,500

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 9,540

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,500

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5,970

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 23,300

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2,090

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,410

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2,060

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3,870

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1,840

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1,420

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1,080

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 206

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 243

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 405

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 95

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 134

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 108

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 84

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 97

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 9

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus e me, princess!": 99

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu se me, princess!": 78

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu use me, princess!": 55

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuse me, princess!": 79

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuse me, princess!": 4

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuse me, princess!": 5

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuse me, princess!": 3,770!

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuse me, princess!": 4

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 7

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 6

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 4

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": FINALLY, NO RESULTS

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 5

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 6

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": none!

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 2

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 3

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1

"excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!": 1



If you're upset that I broke your page layout or forced you to scroll horizontally you can pretty much imagine what my response is, here is a hint, it involves the letter 'u' and also royalty