Saturday, July 17, 2010

As Roger Ebert Requests, so shall I do:

This evening Roger Ebert posted a link to a bunch of misspelled Tea Party signs and wondered what would happen if those signs were put through the "I Write Like" comparison engine that attempts to match your writing style with that of a famous author.  So I got inspired and typed in each one of them.  Here's what came out:

A couple of notes and observations first:
1) Some of the signs didn't have enough text to make a match
2) I did my best with spelling, punctuation and capitalization and what I have pasted here is what went into http://www.iwl.me
3) There seems to be a small number of possible matches, though it's also possible that due to the similarity of the signs and their authors' poor English skills that the selection of writers is self-limiting.
4) I'll let the Tea partiers, their signs and message speak for themselves.

And with no further ado or comment here they are:

1) Socilism: not my cup of tea
        [too short]

2a) If you can read this sign your smarter than nancy pelosi
        Charles Dickens

2b) If you can read this sign you're smarter than nancy pelosi
        Charles Dickens

3) say no to socilsm
        [too short]

4) patriotic resisance
        [too short]

5) i am a arrogant american unlike our president i am proud of my country our freedom our military our
generosity no apology from me
        Kurt Vonnegut


6) wealth redistribtion = red communism
        Kurt Vonnegut

7) feedom doesn't come free
        [too short]

8) bank of barock = us going baroke
        Harry Harrison

9) I did'nt serve 22 years for socialism
        Kurt Vonnegut

10a) you cannot multiply wealth by deviding it
        Oscar Wilde

10b) don't spread my wealth spread my work ethic
        Margaret Atwood

11) control our boarder stop illegals
        Margaret Atwood

12) not a extremist just extremey over-taxed!!! no amnesty
        H. P Lovecraft

13) don't mortage my childs future
        J. D. Salinger

14a) Congress shred your taxing scholiast policies not my constitutional freedoms!
        Dan Brown

14b) My Name is HOPE not the congress taxing hope so stop using my name for you
        Charles Dickens

15) This is America and our only lanaguage is English
        H. P. Lovecraft

16) NO LARD
NO FAT
NO PORK
NO!!
STIMULAS
        James Joyce


17) thank you fox news for keeping us infromed
        Margaret Atwood

18) just say no to big ear's big goverment after 4 or 8 years of change=!!! All we can hope for is
another Bush to clean up the mess
        Daniel Defoe

19) don't give away my daugters' future

20) OBAMA COMMANDER AND THEIF
        [too short - bummer]

21) amensty
        [too short]

22) English is our language no excetions learn it
        H. P. Lovecraft

23) STOP waisting my hard earned TAX MONEY
        Harry Harrison

24) obama has a crisis of competnce
        P. G. Wodehouse

25) OBAMA My forefathers were christian yours were from kenya that explains a lot about you
        Kurt Vonnegut

26) one hugh mistake america
        [too short]

27)  you'r a fake we know it al sharpton acorn, rev wright, jesse jackson, americas poison
        James Joyce

28) Lets keep the Tea Dump The Polititions
        Margaret Atwood

29) THE US of A constution lives we arew awake now!!
        Bram Stoker

30) OBAMA LIER In CHIEF
        [too short]

31) Impeah Obama Socialism is NOT the answer!!
        George Orwell

32) Make English Americ's Offical Language
        Dan Brown

33) ObamaCare best name for lobbyest payoffs EVER
        James Joyce

34) Remember Descent The HIGHEST FORM of PATRIOTIC
        H. P. Lovecraft

35) NO MAS ILLEGAL ALLIENS R FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE GO HOME!
        Charles Dickens

36) Honk If I Baught You A Flatscreen
        William Gibson

37) THE BORROR IS THE SLAVE OF THE LENDER.  HOW DO YOUR CHAINS FEEL AMERICA?
        James Joyce

38) Protect INTEGRITY of U.S. CENSUS BAN ACCORN
        James Joyce

39) Obama-care is to DIE FOR SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE EQUALS DEATH of CHOICE
        Mary Shelley

40) Preserve the SACTITY OF MARRIAGE
        Mary Shelley

41) I'M A MAVRIK HOW ABOUT YOU?
        [too short]

42) 1930's Gemany all over again
        [too short]

43) were not slaves
        [too short]

44) NO TO CLUNKKER CARE
        [too short]

45) OBAMA COMMANDER EN THIEF
        [too short]

46) AMERICANS HELP US BOYCOTT MEXICO RESPECT ARE-COUNTRY SPEAK ENGLiSH
        David Foster Wallace

47) Making Me Pay for Other People's Homes and CREDIT CARD bills: Rediculous
Responsibility: Priceless
        Chuck Palahniuk

48) Taxed Enoungh Already!
        [too short]

49) So... Hows that whole "hopey-changey" thinkg working out for ya?
        J. D. Salinger

50) I Am Joe The Plummer
        [too short]

51) WE'RE NOT RASCISTS YOUR ARE ILLEGAL
        Margaret Atwood

52) No Hussien Obama
        [too short]

53) Birth Certifict where Obama
        [too short]

54) NO AMNETY
        [too short]

55) Stop Taking From Hard Wroking People
        Chuck Palahniuk

56) HELP MOM! a megalomaniacal narcissist and a band of rogue congressmen dressed as pirates just broke in to my PIGGY BANK!!  there there Honey, go back to sleep
        Stephen King

57) I'm a veteran and proud of it. If that makes me a right wing extremest then I'm proud of that also
        Mark Twain

58) if your not outraged your not paying attention
        Jane Austen

59) Don't Take My Rights. I'm Still Useing Them!
        Ernest Hemingway

60) Washington let's make a deal. Uphold our constitution and we'll let you keep your job.
        Charles Dickens

61) Repeel COngress
        [too short]

62) You work for me! Your fired!
        [ too short]

63) Recession: When your neighbor loses his job!
Depression: When you loose your job!
Recovery: When Obama losses his job!
        David Foster Wallace

64) Standing Together Against Tyrany
        Chuck Palahniuk

65) IBAMANiSM SOiALiSM ISLAMOFACiSM NOT AMERICAN VALUES
        David Foster Wallace

66) Carpenters against new tax's
        [too short]

67) Take Back Amercia Nov-2-2010
        [too short]

7 comments:

  1. I entered them in in paragraph form, placing periods between signs and commas between obviously different thoughts. I entered them all spelled as they were and with misspellings corrected. Both were said to be like HP Lovecraft.

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  2. Maybe they meant...bank of barock [sic] us going baroque? Ha. What do I know? I'm a socilist. Hilarious. In a frightening way. (Word verification was resserch...seems appropriate.)

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  3. I am sure this is important research, but I am not entirely sure why. Thank you for your work in the lab.
    Roger Ebert

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  4. Thanks, Jason. Lovely!

    "don't spread my wealth spread my work ethic" -- funnily enough, most of the people I know who spout this are white male trust fund babies who've never actually worked a day in their lives, which is why they actively hate those that do. See also the (G)libertarian/Republican War on the Waitstaff:

    http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2010/06/19/advice-for-the-lovelorn/

    http://firedoglake.com/2010/07/10/come-saturday-morning-tom-emmers-war-on-the-waitstaff/

    http://firedoglake.com/2010/07/17/come-saturday-morning-waitergate-was-emmer-lying-then-or-is-he-lying-now/

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  5. Wow. That Write Like engine has to be seriously flawed, because I've read works by all the authors mentioned and none of these clips sound like them. Nor spell like them. LOL

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  6. you accidentally spelled amnesty correctly on #12. shame on you. (wink)

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  7. Kashif: thanks for the, uhm, ad.

    Margaret: I feel like I've been peer reviewed. And I passed!

    Brute: Youre resserch intwo vittle socilism iz reely apreshi, appreshee, aprechia, guud.

    Answerman: It's a pleasure to see you in Absurdity Labs. Come back any time with further assignments. Next time, though, we may dispense with the sycophantic title. Hope you don't mind.

    Phoenixwoman: My pleasure! I've found that trust-funders are the most regressive that way while those who've made money themselves (from thousands to billions) are much more giving, caring and compassionate. That, alone, is a strong argument in favor of an estate tax, if you ask me.

    Kris: You must have missed "David Copperfield says 'Get A Job, You Spoiled Homeless Bum.'" It was rife with misspellings too.

    ADrinker: Doh! I knew I'd do that at least once. Fortunately I went back and put in the correct incorrect (eep!) spelling and it came up with the same results. Like, Climategate, Iwritelikegate is greatly overblown.

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