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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 1140 | | number = 1140 | ||
− | | date = November 28, | + | | date = November 28, 2011 |
| title = Calendar of Meaningful Dates | | title = Calendar of Meaningful Dates | ||
| image = calendar of meaningful dates.png | | image = calendar of meaningful dates.png | ||
+ | | imagesize = | ||
| titletext = In months other than September, the 11th is mentioned substantially less often than any other date. It's been that way since long before 9/11 and I have no idea why. | | titletext = In months other than September, the 11th is mentioned substantially less often than any other date. It's been that way since long before 9/11 and I have no idea why. | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The calendar used in the comic is the standard {{w|Gregorian calendar}} | + | The calendar used in the comic is the standard {{w|Gregorian calendar}} used by most of western civilization. The comic looks at the frequencies of certain dates appearing in English writings indexed in the {{w|Google Ngram Viewer}}. |
− | + | *January 1 is {{w|New Year's Day|New Year's Day}} | |
− | + | *February 29 only exists during {{w|Leap year|leap years}} | |
− | + | *April 1 is {{w|April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day}} | |
− | + | *April 15 is {{w|Tax Day|US Individual Income Tax return filing day}} | |
− | + | *May 1 is {{w|International Workers' Day|International Workers' Day}}, or {{w|May Day|May Day}} | |
− | + | *July 4 is {{w|Independence Day (United States)|US Independence Day}} | |
− | + | *September 11 is the date of the {{w|September 11 attacks|2001 terrorist attacks}} | |
− | + | *December 25 is {{w|Christmas|Christmas}} | |
− | + | *December 31 is {{w|New Year's Eve|New Year's Eve}} | |
− | *January 1 is {{w|New Year's Day|New Year's Day}} | ||
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− | *February 29 only exists during {{w|Leap year|leap years}} | ||
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− | *April 15 is {{w|Tax Day|US Individual Income Tax return filing day}} | ||
− | *May 1 is {{w|International Workers' Day|International Workers' Day}}, or {{w|May Day|May Day}} | ||
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− | *July 4 is {{w|Independence Day (United States)|US Independence Day}} | ||
− | *September 11 is the date of the {{w|September 11 attacks|2001 terrorist attacks}} | ||
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− | *December 25 is {{w|Christmas|Christmas}} | ||
− | *December 31 is {{w|New Year's Eve|New Year's Eve}} | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Each date's size represents how often it is referred to by name (e.g. "October 17th") in English-language books since 2000 | :Each date's size represents how often it is referred to by name (e.g. "October 17th") in English-language books since 2000 | ||
:(Source: Google ngrams corpus) | :(Source: Google ngrams corpus) | ||
− | :[A regular Gregorian calendar laid out in a grid | + | :[A regular Gregorian calendar laid out in a grid, with some numbers larger than others.] |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Charts]] |