Tuesday, September 14, 2004
And we're the land of 10,000 Petersons
The Cranky Professor reports a strange phenomenon:
Seriously, I went six years at SCSU before having one class without at least one student named Peterson or Petersen. Two of the staff workers I work with regularly carry those names as well.
More seriously, there are frequency tables for letters in the alphabet, but is there one for last names?
I have a class of 21 students. 7 of the 21 have a last name which starts with the letter B.
I find this odd.
Seriously, I went six years at SCSU before having one class without at least one student named Peterson or Petersen. Two of the staff workers I work with regularly carry those names as well.
More seriously, there are frequency tables for letters in the alphabet, but is there one for last names?
