Six-Word Memoirs "Smith" asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs; they wanted wordsmiths, old and new, to capture the essence of romance in half a dozen words. Press for this second book included a second appearance on "Talk of the Nation". The book also spent some time on Entertainment Weekly's "Must List". Released September 1, 2009, "I Can't Keep My Own Secrets—Six-Word Memoirs by Teens: Famous & Obscure," was the first "Six-Word Memoir" book devoted entirely to teenagers. "Smith" launched "Smith" Teens in June 2008. Soon after, it became a destination for teenagers to reveal their biggest secrets,
Most common words in English such as literary works, novels, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, blogs, chat logs, and emails. Another English corpus that has been used to study word frequency is the Brown Corpus, which was compiled by researchers at Brown University in the 1960s. The researchers published their analysis of the Brown Corpus in 1967. Their findings were similar, but not identical, to the findings of the OEC analysis. According to "The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists", the first 25 words in the OEC make up about one-third of all printed material in English, and the first 100 words make up