Liked and Disliked Words
Word Groups:
Food: Adjective: Taboo: Non-standard uses:
Asparagus (D) Amazing (L) Clunge (L) Literally (D)
Gravy (D) Lush (L) Shag (D) (x2)Like (D)
Honey (L) Peng (D) (x3)C*nt (D) Trust (D)
Sprout (D) Sanguine (L) B*llend (L) Sweat (D)
Nugget (D) Naive (L) Slut (D) Mint (D)
Inconvenient (L)
Moist (D)
From this data I have learned that people both like and dislike words for a variety of reasons such as the connotations they may have with the word or simply because of the word's pronunciation. For example, almost all the positive adjectives are liked which infers that people prefer to think about words which are used to describe things nicely than focus on negative views. This is further emphasised with the taboo words as many of them are disliked which shows people dislike to hear insults.
The data shows that almost everyone disliked their word if it was a food. This may be because they actually dislike the food so they associate the bad experience they had with the food with the word and therefore dislike it.
The data shows that everyone disliked a word if it was used in a non-standard way. This infers that people dislike the way slang can ruin the structure and grammar in English. Furthermore, it suggests that they dislike change and how the English language is evolving and would prefer if it was kept the way they are comfortable with.
Key: (L) = Liked
(D) = Disliked
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