You have a woman's writing, m'lord

**imne1** · 20th November 2008, 20:49

I shall bust the magic here. Currently I'm studying Linguistics

it's been proven that generally women use more correct and formal language both in vocabulary and grammar/sentence structure whereas men generally use simpler language and more vernacular forms including more swearing.

Some clever buggers have come up with a system to analyse this, so most of my posts will likely score me a feminine rating since I intentionally use a better form. I can talk like a munter if I need to but it hurts my brain to do so.

**jrandom** · 20th November 2008, 20:58

Originally Posted by imne1

Some clever buggers have come up with a system to analyse this

No they haven't, as such. This comes from computer science types, not linguistics types.

They've come up with a system that characterises data based on whatever turns out to be unique about it, and then 'trained' it with text input known to be written by either males or females.

The researchers behind it wouldn't give a toss about codifying the actual differences between male and female writing; they're only interested in building software that can learn what those differences might be. You could just as easily test it by training it to distinguish between photographs of puppies and kittens.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network

So the 'rules' that are being applied will not be as obvious as 'vernacular versus formal', or 'contains swearing'. The rules themselves will be machine-generated based on example input, nothing more, and might not be in any form that'd make much sense to you or me.

**Lucy** · 20th November 2008, 21:07

Well I'm too lazy to try it for myself, so can someone test my posts for me and tell me whether I should be standing up to piss?

**slofox** · 20th November 2008, 21:31

Originally Posted by imne1

.......so most of my posts will likely score me a feminine rating since I intentionally use a better form.

YES! YES! Me too.........(I'm not even gonna THINK about what that stupid ferkin thing said.....

**Kendog** · 20th November 2008, 21:39

Originally Posted by Lucy

Well I'm too lazy to try it for myself, so can someone test my posts for me and tell me whether I should be standing up to piss?

The mere act of asking someone else to do this for you sounds like a lazy man, 82% man in fact.

**Number One** · 20th November 2008, 21:44

Originally Posted by Lucy

Well I'm too lazy to try it for myself, so can someone test my posts for me and tell me whether I should be standing up to piss?

Henceforth you must stand!

We think http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...51&postcount=1is written by a man (73%).

**Usarka** · 20th November 2008, 21:45

I picked my top non-email joke repped post

Originally Posted by Usarka

Yeah me too. Normally in the form of JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! that was close....

And it tells me

We guess http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...6&postcount=66 is written by a woman (53%), however it's quite gender neutral.

WTF???????? Actually, that language does remind me of my ex.....

And maybe my reading included the quote and thus has been Ixionised:

Originally Posted by Ixion

Actually, I have more than once worshipped my Lord whilst riding.

**Number One** · 20th November 2008, 22:01

Originally Posted by Usarka

I picked my top non-email joke repped post

And it tells me

We guess http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...6&postcount=66 is written by a woman (53%), however it's quite gender neutral.

GO the gender neutral peeps in the house

**sinfull** · 20th November 2008, 22:20

Well there goes the need for stag and hind shitters then ! May have to raise the back board of the urinal though !

**Lucy** · 21st November 2008, 07:22

Originally Posted by Number One

Henceforth you must stand!

We think http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...51&postcount=1is written by a man (73%).

Interesting! Maybe I could get a job writing for a motorbike magazine then?

At least I won't have to worry about sitting on cold porcelain toilets when I don't notice the seat's been left up.

**Mom** · 21st November 2008, 07:32

Thats it I am screwed

We guess http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...59&postcount=5 is written by a man (59%), however it's quite gender neutral.

**nodrog:Me** · 21st November 2008, 07:37

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...83&postcount=4

83% man

**Blossom** · 21st November 2008, 07:43

Originally Posted by Mom

Thats it I am screwed

It appears you are not alone Mom..
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...50&postcount=1 is written by a man (88%)

My other top repped post was 60% women so I think I am a transexual? But defianately lean toward the more manly side of things...

Well at least it explains the so far unexplained body hair.

But does it mean I am gay too?
blossomsowner: We think http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...51&postcount=1 is written by a man (85%).