word use and abuse
We are up to a million
06/13/09 10:44
words in
the English language, that is.
Simon Winchester has more:
It is not known which the millionth word will be, but those on the brink of entering the language as finalists for the one millionth English-language word include "zombie banks", or those banks that would be defunct without government intervention; the pejorative "noob", referring to a newcomer to a given task or community, as in "She's a complete noob to guerrilla gardening"; and "quendy-trendy", meaning hip or up-to-date.
More, and some gristly stories, await you in his full article.
Simon Winchester has more:
It is not known which the millionth word will be, but those on the brink of entering the language as finalists for the one millionth English-language word include "zombie banks", or those banks that would be defunct without government intervention; the pejorative "noob", referring to a newcomer to a given task or community, as in "She's a complete noob to guerrilla gardening"; and "quendy-trendy", meaning hip or up-to-date.
More, and some gristly stories, await you in his full article.
Oxford Dictionaries want you to adopt a word!
06/08/09 10:40
Are you a grammar snob? A spelling perfectionist?
02/06/09 15:25
Have we got
two blogs for you!
First, for people who hate unnecessary quotation marks, we have Unnecessaryquotes.com, a blog documenting "too" many "unnecessary" quotes.
And if it is grammar and misspelling, check out the Grammar Vandal, where you will find tales of entire towns banning the apostrophe, and world's worst birthday cake mistakes.
First, for people who hate unnecessary quotation marks, we have Unnecessaryquotes.com, a blog documenting "too" many "unnecessary" quotes.
And if it is grammar and misspelling, check out the Grammar Vandal, where you will find tales of entire towns banning the apostrophe, and world's worst birthday cake mistakes.