Rachelle Hampton won’t admit how long she spent charting the use of ‘murmur’ in Twilight
Rachelle Hampton is a writer and co-owner at Defector Media, and the host of Normal Gossip, a podcast of anonymous listener-submitted stories about everyday drama. Whether that's lies about luxury wool in a literal knitting circle, the impeachment of a hypocritical HOA president, or a COVID outbreak at a destination wedding with an absurd 25 […]
Rachelle Hampton, a writer and co-owner at Defector Media, has spent a significant amount of time documenting the usage of the word "murmur" in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. This project began in 2020, following the release of Midnight Sun, and took her [redacted amount of time] to complete. Hampton's fascination with the word's frequent use in the series stems from her love for the iconic book.
The result of her efforts was a blog that ranked and charted every instance of the word "murmur" appearing throughout the Twilight saga.
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