Method

Subjects

Recruitment

20 through Amazon Mechanical Turk, at $0.40 each (plus $10 bonus for best comments).

27 from acquaintances and through newsgroups, including Syntax (Yahoo Groups).

Requirements

Ability to read and write English.

Characteristics

74% native speakers.

81% U.S. English best-known

64% age 20-39, 26% age 40-59, 6% age 60+, 4% age 19-.

119 comments received; 13% of subjects contributed 61% of comments.