Popularity of the word - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 20, 2010 8:41 AM Aaw, statistics shmistics, computers don't know! And I must caution again against saying the word being "more important" then: All these graphs measure is the number of times the word occurred in BOOKS -a statistic that is of limited relevance to MID-CENTURY Tiki culture (as opposed to the TIKI REVIVAL, of course :D ) Though the peak in the early 50s must have to do with "Kon Tiki" (on the bestseller list in 1950 and 51), the decline from the mid-50s on clearly diverges from what was actually happening in Polynesian pop culture: The emergence of the Tiki as its figurehead! In that realm, it peaked around 1960. The early 30s peak is not AS pronounced in these graphs, true, but still very noticeable, and curious. There must have been one book that used the word a lot, and perhaps was quoted in others -which book was that?

Aaw, statistics shmistics, computers don't know! And I must caution again against saying the word being "more important" then:

All these graphs measure is the number of times the word occurred in BOOKS -a statistic that is of limited relevance to MID-CENTURY Tiki culture (as opposed to the TIKI REVIVAL, of course :D ) Though the peak in the early 50s must have to do with "Kon Tiki" (on the bestseller list in 1950 and 51), the decline from the mid-50s on clearly diverges from what was actually happening in Polynesian pop culture: The emergence of the Tiki as its figurehead! In that realm, it peaked around 1960.

The early 30s peak is not AS pronounced in these graphs, true, but still very noticeable, and curious. There must have been one book that used the word a lot, and perhaps was quoted in others -which book was that?

Post #569526 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Dec 20, 2010 8:41 AM