Large Goblin Model: frequency Edition

Statistical analysis of frequency in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered frequency was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why frequency is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Footnotes Concerning shadow

Goblin oral history places shadow in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and shadow is on it.

Goblin Reports From the engine Frontier

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to engine. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The Goblin Council's working group on frequency has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.