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A Million Words in the English Language - What's Your #1?

Posted by radioflyer1980 • 6/10/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: english language, words

I posted a blog about the "official" millionth word added to the English language.

According to GLM, a company that tracks words and word usage on the Internet for marketing purposes, says a new word is added to the English language every 98 minutes. That means, English started out with only one word in the fall of 1822.

What's the word you would have started with?

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  1. roentarre
    6/10/09
    roentarre
    I am thinking of a word - twitterdig

    I have an image gallery of english letter theme in photography flashes

    www.themesoftime.com/Gallery.aspx?ID=36
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  2. harveyavatar
    6/10/09
    harveyavatar
    Given that a word/thing is an abstraction from singular concrete realities, back in 1822, as in 2009, I may have said Mom or cat, after having noticed different Mom's or a few feline cats.
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  3. radioflyer1980
    6/10/09
    radioflyer1980
    Maybe a word that could have been used in many different ways, such as "Yo!" or "Dude!"?
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