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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 2481
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:28 am: | 
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As I have mentioned, I am currently in the midst of a "language" theme in my reading. For example, I am listening to an audiobook about the multi-decade task of creating the OED. Thus, I was tickled to read this article today:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22205339/?GT1=10645
Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."
"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness, topped all other terms in the Springfield dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.
Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.
...Some also-rans in the 2007 list: the use of "facebook" as a verb to signify using the Web site by that name; nuanced terms such as "quixotic" and "hypocrite"; and "blamestorm," a meeting in which mistakes are aired, fingers are pointed and much discomfort is had by all.
BTW, I have heard anecdotal reports from profs and graduate teaching assistants that they must now specify in course syllabi that students are NOT to use "IM-speak" and other 'net shorthand in their class essays, exams, and other writing. LOL!
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 2482
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:35 am: |
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BTW, thread title should be "...w00t w00t"--See, I didn't have my dictionary handy and misspelled (misnumerated?) it. LOL! |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5896
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:04 pm: |
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BTW, I have heard anecdotal reports from profs and graduate teaching assistants that they must now specify in course syllabi that students are NOT to use "IM-speak" and other 'net shorthand in their class essays, exams, and other writing. LOL!
(It won't be long now before they are allowed to do it, just as we are now allowed to use contractions.
Language marches on!) |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 2484
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 02:35 pm: |
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Language marches on!
Indeed!  |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 10882
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 10:45 pm: |
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Language does march on because it takes on a life of its own, - as well it should. |
Doberman23
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Username: Doberman23
Post Number: 1115
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:19 pm: |
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i thought this post would be about www.woot.com a site where one can buy refurbished and sometime new items for a great deal.
i got an mp3 from there for $25 ..and it is still working like a charm. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 10887
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 12:14 am: |
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 Thanks for providing me with my quota of laughs for the night, Dobes. |
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