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Stoats and Weasels
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Posted on: May 24, 2007 4:20 PM, by William M. Connolley
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It's understandable really: somehow "let's pin a tail on it and call it a stoat" doesn't sound the same.
Posted by: Mark Hadfield | May 24, 2007 6:02 PM
Also, Lubos and Motl are more popular than Real Climate, Stoat, and Mustelid.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=motl%2C+real+climate%2C+stoat%2C+mustelid%2C+lubos
Posted by: Lubos Motl | May 24, 2007 6:33 PM
They moved the Lumometer away from concrete and the LumoHeatIsland, which proves there is no LumoWarming.
Best,
D
Posted by: Dano | May 24, 2007 8:07 PM
Yeah... that's because 'stoat' is a peculiar British-ism. We don't have stoats in North America: we have weasels, no matter what their taxonomic status. (I didn't even learn the meaning of 'stoat' until I was in my teens.)
Maybe while you're at it, you can calculate the relative citation frequency of people named 'Randy' in the UK and N.Am.!
Posted by: djlactin | May 31, 2007 3:06 AM
Dear Dano, a small problem with your query is that I am the Google's #1 Lubos and #2 Motl, while you are very far from being Google's Dano. Best, LM
Posted by: Luboš Motl | June 3, 2007 4:54 PM
Comedy is always more popular.
Posted by: Eli Rabett | June 3, 2007 8:08 PM
I've deliberately skewed my query, Lubos, and I won't give you the data to audit, because I have an agenda to present Dano in a hockey-stick shape and to show the permafrost isn't melting despite your popularity.
Best,
D
Posted by: Dano | June 3, 2007 11:52 PM