Maintenant Research



Long, long ago one tuesday afternoon in a french lesson, a strange thing happened. The teacher, who before had been thought to be a perfectly reasonable member of society, kickstarted something which would endure for monthes. He said:
"Maintenant"
This seemed harmless enough. But he went on to say it another 26 times that day. As such, action had to be taken. We would investigate this strange trait. And so it came to pass that we would arrive in lessons armed with clipboards and tally charts (later replaced by a Psion) and record every incident without the teacher noticing, in the hope that a pattern might surface.
One did. We named it the Standard Reading. Additionally, we recorded several other variations on this pattern, such as the Start-of-week-maintenant-inversion (SOWMI).

Enter the Data Vault!

Find out about the different patterns.

To download the raw data, pick a link below:
Lotus 1-2-3 Format, 14KB

Excel Format (1st half), 10KB

Excel Format (2nd Half), 10KB
Nb. Excel Files transfered from Spud's Psion, which is why they're split in half. And I think they're in french too.

AT LAST! THE SAMPLE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! AVAILABLE AS .WAV NOW, AND PLAYED AS YOU ENTERED! (as if anyone really cares)
Maintenant.Wav

Contact da Krew!
The maintenant research team comprises of Dead and Spud. Feel free to mock, congratulate, or even report your own findings!

Visit the sister site: Spud's version of the site. It's still incomplete but what he's done so far looks great! Click Here!

Last Update: 13th June 1998