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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:22 pm ]
Post subject:  We have a millionth English Word

And, rather disappointingly, it’s “web 2.0”.

http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words

Author:  DaftFunk [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

I think that's rather fitting

Author:  forquare1 [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

Bah! What a poor and unfortunate choice. My experience of Web 2.0 has left me waiting for the 2.1 patch to make it more stable and streamline...

Author:  HeatherKay [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

paulzolo wrote:
And, rather disappointingly, it’s “web 2.0”.

http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words


Have I missed something?

"Web two point oh" is four already existing words, isn't it?
:|

Author:  forquare1 [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

HeatherKay wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
And, rather disappointingly, it’s “web 2.0”.

http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words


Have I missed something?

"Web two point oh" is four already existing words, isn't it?
:|


I was going to comment, but the link says "words and phrases"...Rather misleading given the site name...

Author:  Nick [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

Shouldn't it be web 0.2?

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

forquare1 wrote:
I was going to comment, but the link says "words and phrases"...Rather misleading given the site name...

+1.

Author:  james016 [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

I read that the 999,998th word is "noob"

Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: We have a millionth English Word

I await with interest the OED definition of “web 2.0”.

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