A Study in Sounds Good to Me
Entry posted by batsam
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We're back, with more hyperfixation on phrasing used on the forums.
I've started to notice that I've been writing the phrase "sounds good to me" a lot in staff discussions, and eep here we are again.
The data, starting with the most recent uses:
| grumpy cat | 10/16/19 |
| dojh167 | 10/16/19 |
| potionspartner | 10/8/19 |
| pookha | 9/16/19 |
| dojh167 | 8/31/19 |
| tidaldragon | 8/20/19 |
| dojh167 | 8/19/19 |
| belgian quaffle | 8/14/19 |
| down-in-flames | 8/13/19 |
| grumpy cat | 8/7/19 |
| noelle zingarella | 7/25/19 |
| grumpy cat | 7/11/19 |
| justawillowtree | 6/28/19 |
| grumpy cat | 6/25/19 |
| something wicked | 6/24/19 |
| malfoysangel | 6/16/19 |
| tidaldragon | 6/1/19 |
| cheekytorah-lex | 5/8/19 |
| down-in-flames | 5/1/19 |
| cheekytorah-lex | 4/29/19 |
| belgian quaffle | 4/17/19 |
| aphoride | 4/8/19 |
| chemical pixie | 3/8/19 |
| madimalfoy | 2/19/19 |
| chemical pixie | 2/9/19 |
| ineke | 2/8/19 |
| crimson quill | 1/25/19 |
| ladymarauder | 1/25/19 |
| abhorsen | 1/22/19 |
| rumpelstiltskin | 1/4/19 |
| madimalfoy | 1/1/19 |
| abhorsen | 12/2/18 |
| cheltz-rhj | 10/28/18 |
| renacera | 10/28/18 |
| renacera | 10/19/18 |
| galadriel | 10/13/18 |
| veritaserum27 | 9/1/18 |
| potionspartner | 8/5/18 |
| madimalfoy | 7/23/18 |
| sibilant | 7/20/18 |
| roximalfoy | 7/18/18 |
| sibilant | 7/1/18 |
| alopex | 6/27/18 |
| ladyl8 | 6/23/18 |
| justawillowtree | 6/2/18 |
| alopex | 5/29/18 |
| dreamshadow | 5/21/18 |
| sibilant | 5/13/18 |
| justawillowtree | 4/25/18 |
| dreamshadow | 4/21/18 |
| dreamshadow | 4/20/18 |
| ladyl8 | 4/20/18 |
| clevernotbrilliant | 4/1/18 |
| rumpelstiltskin | 3/19/18 |
| bellalestrange87 | 3/17/18 |
| shazalupin | 2/21/18 |
| renacera | 1/11/18 |
| ineke | 1/5/18 |
| tidaldragon | 1/2/18 |
| sibilant | 12/30/17 |
| stella blue | 12/9/17 |
| sibilant | 12/8/17 |
| poppunkpadfoot | 12/3/17 |
| abhorsen | 12/3/17 |
| dojh167 | 12/2/17 |
| shazalupin | 11/20/17 |
| shazalupin | 11/6/17 |
| clevernotbrilliant | 10/21/17 |
| bittersweetflames | 10/21/17 |
| clevernotbrilliant | 10/2/17 |
| aphoride | 9/22/17 |
| ineke | 9/21/17 |
| ladyl8 | 8/17/17 |
| malfoysangel | 8/17/17 |
| ineke | 7/26/17 |
| pookha | 7/23/17 |
| abhorsen | 7/2/17 |
| crowsb4bros | 7/1/17 |
| dojh167 | 6/26/17 |
| mugglemaybe | 6/26/17 |
| aphoride | 6/22/17 |
| sunshinedaisieswindmills | 6/22/17 |
| mugglemaybe | 6/21/17 |
| pookha | 6/21/17 |
| treacletart | 6/21/17 |
| shazalupin | 6/19/17 |
| melian | 6/11/17 |
| alopex | 5/10/17 |
| aphoride | 4/30/17 |
| abhorsen | 4/26/17 |
| tidaldragon | 4/19/17 |
| pookha | 4/18/17 |
| shazalupin | 4/1/17 |
| clevernotbrilliant | 3/31/17 |
| malfoysangel | 3/28/17 |
| veritaserum27 | 2/15/17 |
| pookha | 2/6/17 |
| dreamshadow | 1/27/17 |
| meggonagall | 1/24/17 |
| dreamshadow | 12/26/16 |
| pookha | 12/17/16 |
| aphoride | 12/8/16 |
| aphoride | 12/2/16 |
| pookha | 11/30/16 |
| aphoride | 11/22/16 |
| treacletart | 10/31/16 |
| dirigible plums | 10/25/16 |
| ineke | 10/20/16 |
| tidaldragon | 9/27/16 |
| abhorsen | 9/23/16 |
| looneylizzie | 8/28/16 |
| alopex | 8/8/16 |
| walkingdredd | 7/14/16 |
| alopex | 6/15/16 |
| tidaldragon | 6/11/16 |
Number of uses per member:
6: @TidalDragon and @abhorsen.
5: @sibilant, @ShazaLupin, @Ineke, @dreamshadow, @Dojh167, and @Alopex
4: @grumpy cat, @clevernotbrilliant
3: @Renacerá, @MalfoysAngel, @MadiMalfoy. @LadyL8, @just.a.willow.tree
2: @Veritaserum27, @TreacleTart, @Rumpelstiltskin, @potionspartner, @MuggleMaybe*, @down-in-flames, @Chemical_Pixie, @CheekyTorah-Lex, @belgian quaffle
1: @WalkingDredd, @sunshinedaisieswindmills, @Stella Blue, @something wicked, @RoxiMalfoy, @poppunkpadfoot, @Noelle Zingarella, @melian, @MegGonagall, @LooneyLizzie, @LadyMarauder, @galadriel, @dirigibleplums, @crowsb4bros, @Chelts-rhj, @bittersweetflames, and @BellaLestrange87
Number of uses per current House:
Gryffindor: 20 (by 11 people)
Hufflepuff: 34 (by 12 people)
Ravenclaw: 45 (by 15 people)
Slytherin: 15 (by 5 people)
Number of uses per year:
2016: 16 (6 months)
2017: 40
2018: 28
2019: 31 (9.5 months)
Some conclusions drawn with no adherence to the scientific method or statistics principles:
- Only 9 out of 115 uses of the phrase were said by members who have never been on prefect or staff teams (@potionspartner, @Noelle Zingarella, @Crimson Quill, @LadyMarauder, @bittersweetflames, @sunshinedaisieswindmills, @melian, and @dirigibleplums)
- 2019 has a shot at being the year of most uses so far, but the result will inevitably be impacted by the publication of this study. Already today, @down-in-flames has changed her phrasing from "sounds good to me" to "that seems fair"
- The highest concentrations of uses seem to be by participants during House Cup events. The 2017 finale was particularly agreeable
- Once again, @TidalDragon started it
- @MadiMalfoy should join the other three-timers and become a Hufflepuff
- I will find any excuse to avoid cleaning my apartment
*one instance by @MuggleMaybe was not counted, as the phrase was used in a different context than the rest
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