http://www.languagemonitor.com At the Intersection of Technology and the Word Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Un Seul Mot « Wisdom and wanderlust in West Africa Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:37:59 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-372 [...] has, quite literally, thousands fewer words than English. If we assume that speakers of all languages think the same way (rejecting altogether, like most [...] [...] has, quite literally, thousands fewer words than English. If we assume that speakers of all languages think the same way (rejecting altogether, like most [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Points Of Reference » Blog Archive » A Million Words? Maybe Not. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:05 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-356 [...] Blog was paying attention too. In fact, the story got quite a bit of attention as GLM’s Million Word March approached the crucial [...] [...] Blog was paying attention too. In fact, the story got quite a bit of attention as GLM’s Million Word March approached the crucial [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Guess what the millionth word is . . . « Meandering Melbourne Musings Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:01:15 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-194 [...] article about the letdown he felt on discovering the millionth word (no quibbling, although the Global Language Monitor suggests that if  ’specialist slang is restricted, then there are possibly three-quarters [...] [...] article about the letdown he felt on discovering the millionth word (no quibbling, although the Global Language Monitor suggests that if  ’specialist slang is restricted, then there are possibly three-quarters [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-170 The Global Language Monitor Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:19:46 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-170 [...] FAQ Million Word March [...] [...] FAQ Million Word March [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Possibilities 2.0 | nashworld Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:15:56 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-141 [...] Let’s just get this out of the way first:  According to Global language Monitor, “Web 2.0″ is the  1,000,000th word added into the English language.  So there.  It means something.  For the “How’d they figure that?“, click here. [...] [...] Let’s just get this out of the way first:  According to Global language Monitor, “Web 2.0″ is the  1,000,000th word added into the English language.  So there.  It means something.  For the “How’d they figure that?“, click here. [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-140 No Discernible Circumference « Broken Spines Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:12:51 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-140 [...] here for FAQs on GLM’s [...] [...] here for FAQs on GLM’s [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Counting "words" - Writ of Hapaxeas Corpus - OpenAmplify Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:27:53 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-129 [...] inaccurate and pretty pointless (the arguments are even laid out in The Language Monitor's own FAQ), it does make me wonder how long it takes them to include  Web 3.0 or perhaps even the verb [...] [...] inaccurate and pretty pointless (the arguments are even laid out in The Language Monitor's own FAQ), it does make me wonder how long it takes them to include  Web 3.0 or perhaps even the verb [...]

]]> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/faq-million-word-march/comment-page-1/#comment-128 English language gets its one millionth word, website says | csmonitor.com Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:16:38 +0000 http://www.languagemonitor.com/?page_id=408#comment-128 [...] history of the world, today added its one millionth word or phrase, according to the popular site Global Language Monitor. Several phrases were in the running, including “Jai Ho,” “Slumdog,” (terms [...] [...] history of the world, today added its one millionth word or phrase, according to the popular site Global Language Monitor. Several phrases were in the running, including “Jai Ho,” “Slumdog,” (terms [...]

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