Sankey shows English vocab shift tracks America’s move from blue‑collar to white‑collar
Jasmine Nackash’s Pudding analysis compares the 1953 and 2023 essential‑word lists for English learners. An alluvial diagram visualizes how the vocabulary moved from tools, animals, and food toward institutions, systems, and abstract concepts, mirroring the U.S. workforce’s shift from manual labor to white‑collar jobs. The chart quantifies cultural change through word frequency.