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Yvettep
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Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:28 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

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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Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:35 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

BTW, thread title should be "...w00t w00t"--See, I didn't have my dictionary handy and misspelled (misnumerated?) it. LOL!
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Chrishayden
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Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:04 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

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!)
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Yvettep
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Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 02:35 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Language marches on!

Indeed! :-)
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Cynique
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Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 10:45 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Language does march on because it takes on a life of its own, - as well it should.
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Doberman23
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Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:19 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

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.
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Cynique
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Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 12:14 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Thanks for providing me with my quota of laughs for the night, Dobes.

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