Happy Words vs. Sad Words Used -- Happy Wins
Pretty hard to believe, with all the f-bombs and other four-letter words flying around. But did you know that human beings lean towards expressing themselves in positive words rather than negative ones? According to new research, probably all human language skews toward the use of happy words, newswise.com reports. This includes newspapers, magazines, TV news. I guess, even blogs. "We looked at 10 languages,” says UVM mathematician Peter Dodds who co-led the study, “and in every source we looked at, people use more positive words than negative ones.” This huge study of the “atoms of language—individual words,” Dodds says, indicates that language itself—perhaps humanity’s greatest technology—has a positive outlook. And, therefore, “it seems that positive social interaction,” it is built into its fundamental structure. I beg to differ. Taking a quick look at the leading headlines at cnn.com, "Three Killed at UNC," "Bush Aide Resigns After Offensive Tw...