Monday, April 23, 2007

Back from Florida . . .

. . and way too tired to write anything of significance. Instead, I'll just direct you to this site -- which DSL sent to me last Friday -- which seems to be able to deduce the gender of a writer by the language used.

It's been accurate so far with all that I've tried. But I can't wait to hear how y'all manage to stump it.

I intend to write about the rest of my trip -- and perhaps even tell my sister's funny story -- sometime later this week.



7 comments:

Justin S. said...

Well, the genie thinks this was written by a woman. Fortunately the author is very comfortable with his masculinity.

dara said...

Maybe because it wasn't at least 500 words? Try something longer.

Justin S. said...

As a general rule, it recognizes my longer posts as being written by a man, but shorter posts are often mistaken for a woman.

dara said...

Mine's the opposite: The shorter my post -- the further from the 500 words that the program recommends -- the less likely it is to think that I am female. So, perhaps the 500 word rule has a purpose.

CBK said...

I pasted an excerpt of non-fiction writing from George Sand (a French woman who wrote under a man's name) and it guessed she was a woman, but only barely: 413 Male to 430 Female.

Next I'll try George Elliot!

dara said...

I think it's surprisingly accurate. Unless you submit legal writing, such as a brief in support of a motion for summary judgment. Then it definitely thinks you're male.

Caroline said...

I know I'm late to the game, but I submitted an essay I wrote for Steve's brother-in-law on why I like Steve (don't ask) and it thought I was male. I wonder what this means. . .