TWATDANGLE???
Surely the real question should be when will our beloved Twatdangle be added to this list??
Maybe it will be word 1,696,969?
Paris because... well no reason needed
One millionth English 'word' is... Web 2.0
It's official: The one millionth English "word" is "Web 2.0", which secured the the crown earlier today, beating "Jai Ho!"*, "n00b" and "Slumdog" in the race to linguistic glory in the process. That's according to the Global Language Monitor, which was uncannily able to predict back in May the exact moment this milestone would …
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Thursday 11th June 2009 08:36 GMT tiggertaebo
who pays this guys wages?
you'd think a linguist (cunning or otherwise) would know the difference between a "word" and a "phrase"
*sigh*
the phrase Web 2.0 already makes me want to go on a mission to re-educate people with a taser - now I also feel the need to leave a time capsule apologising to future civilisations and to try and convince them that we weren't all feckless morons.
Mine's the one with the one with the Texas PD - issue taser in the pocket.
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Thursday 11th June 2009 11:57 GMT Sarah Bee
Re: Lazy journos at El Reg get pwned shock...
Ahem.
"And before you lot start protesting at Global Language Monitor's millionth word count, we're fully aware that linguists of weight have dismissed the whole thing as a load of old cobblers."
What we do need a new word or phrase for is the act of allowing a comment through so as to provoke a hail of RTFA derision and suchlike from the other commentards. To thrungle? To collosseum?
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Thursday 11th June 2009 18:50 GMT Lost in India
@Sooty
From the department of the bloody obvious. English has nicked from hindi, as from every other language you have come in contact with (as we all do). From avatar, bandana, bangle, chit, cot, bungalow to sentry, shampoo, thug and toddy.
If you should purge all words not from "Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Norse and closely related kindred peoples" you would get a very short dictionary indeed. Oh..they are all Indo-European languages? Ok, let’s stick to grunts then.
The Paris connection? Kama Sutra obviously.
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Friday 12th June 2009 13:41 GMT Anonymous Coward
Total ballcocks
There's nothing "official" about it! No dictionary, manual, quasi-governmental body, dubious 'committee' or even anonymous bureaucrat has the authority to declare what is and what is not an English word. That privilege belongs solely to native speakers of the language, and that includes me and, most likely, you.
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Friday 12th June 2009 15:32 GMT Anonymous Coward
More new words desperately needed
Sounds like a ploy to sell updated dictionaries to me. So here's a few to help 'em along.
Computter - Antiquated PC used to knock golf balls through holes in the floor
Purrrinter - Peripheral device used as a resting place by cats
Cereal Sniper - Person who knocks boxes from the shelves in supermarkets
Java the Hutt - Lead developer who insists on using 12 lines of code instead of 5 (in a different language)
Acadaemic - Person who beleives they know best but rarely do
Maniac Miner - DB admin who's been around since the early 80's
Frankingstein - Ugly dude who works in the post room
Imparsonator - Regular person who dresses like the clergy for reasons unknown but may involve young boys
I could go on but its friday and nearly home time too :)
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