http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?cont ... moothing=3
(that tiny blue line is Sousaphone
Tuba vs. Sousaphone on Google Ngram Viewer
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David Richoux
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Tuba vs. Sousaphone on Google Ngram Viewer
I was messing about with this new Google program that searches all of their scanned library for word usage - the results for tuba,Sousaphone are rather dramatic!
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?cont ... moothing=3
(that tiny blue line is Sousaphone
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?cont ... moothing=3
(that tiny blue line is Sousaphone
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Steve Inman
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Re: Tuba vs. Sousaphone on Google Ngram Viewer
Look again at the scale of the "Y" axis -- if you zoom out to any reasonable scale, BOTH lines are essentially FLAT -- with a value of "zero" .... 
(really, not too much difference between 0.00000 and 0.00005 ....)
Oh well ....
(really, not too much difference between 0.00000 and 0.00005 ....)
Oh well ....
Steve Inman
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Re: Tuba vs. Sousaphone on Google Ngram Viewer
Ok. I guess I always knew our tastes were esoteric. I still enjoy it.
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David Richoux
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Re: Tuba vs. Sousaphone on Google Ngram Viewer
You also do have to figure the sample - Google is not inputting Band Director Magazine (is there such a thing?) or Modern Sousaphonist - they are doing books of general and technical interest, some in public domain, some not. Does "Tuba" show up in "The Great Gatsby?" - not sure, but I don't think so... neither does Sousaphone AFAIK