computational linguistics altavista refine option colleague mine told refine option offered altavista search engine http www altavista digital com good nutshell refine options returns list synonyms notions related words query indeed gave extremely sensible responses perversely perhaps tried french using vin else keyword bingo returned 72 etait etre annees meme apres etaient derniers 59 egalement particulierement differentes possibilite 52 qualite vins vin vignoble vigne crus vignes vignerons vigneron etc far satisfactory eau pain returned similar nonsense featuring etaient etre egalement et alia prominent positions fact altavista refine seems decidedly adverse foodstuff french fruit poisson sandwich failing equally miserably sable mer lac quite surprised italian queries wine returned sensible synonyms 60 vino vini vigneti uve 40 quantita ettari vitigni 39 sapore profumo invecchiamento etc acqua pane fared equally well turned attention spanish spanish quite badly french quite puzzling size spanish data quite large nt know inspired decided ask italian sandwich panino bingo 60 perche chissa guardo cazzo sembrava poiche merda riposto yes unbelievable true 54 mangiare specialta birra mangia roba piatti gusti soldi bere 33 avevo scusa aveva stavo rispose facevano etc colleague scratched collective heads experimented came conclusion thesauri built neural net heavily neural nets still excellent behaviour english thesaurus suspect experimenting demonstrated could handcrafted thesaurus ways salting neural net probably digital english perhaps italian take break experiment bit altavista refine option favourite languages polish nonsensical french quite amusing perhaps useful next time someone knocks door neural net sale seen queries kentucky fried chicken return chicken sexers waste burners singing teachers courtesy neural net j guy trl telsta com au