Four Letter Words

An analysis of the taboo four-letter word in the English language, the work displays all possible combinations of four characters in the Roman alphabet. The results demonstrate the size and potential of language as a system (and the comparatively small set of "real" words) and illustrate the relative absurdity of the cultural valuation/devaluation of certain words.

Written in Perl, the algorithm returned more than 450,000 words. It takes over 54 square feet to show the project in 6-point Courier type.