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RE: growing the language
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"keyboard dial" yields 666 Ghits...
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November 21, 2006 09:10
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It must constitute a real hassle these days for the dictionary-compiler to decide when a usage is wi......
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November 21, 2006 08:50
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I never said "dial a keyboard" was idiomatic, only that it woulld be correct, becase dials don't hav......
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November 20, 2006 07:57
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zm: Sorry I wasn't clear. Laverne confirms that your average joe seldom calles a tivo machine a ta......
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November 19, 2006 10:00
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k: Good to hear from you again. Yes I agree that Bob is a fine fellow, as well as astute, pragmatic,......
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November 19, 2006 09:42
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zm: Not fear, more like disappointment or resignation.. But thank you for a noteworthy and scholar......
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November 18, 2006 13:15
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Gosh Bob, I didn't realize I was such a bad person On another board I was taken to task, drawn and ......
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November 18, 2006 11:27
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By chance, however, has anyone run onto "food of shame"--once again thanks all...
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November 18, 2006 08:26
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k: No, I didn't mean to imply that all neologisms dilute the language, but mainly those whereby a n......
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November 18, 2006 07:37
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Rich asks,How would you describe the words, "phenom" and "expr"? Neoligisms or abbreviations? ***"P......
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November 17, 2006 08:24
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K asks: ... but aren't you recording neologisms? ***Yes, neos as well as slang of the late 20th and......
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November 17, 2006 08:03
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zm: Thank you for that start. Indeed, if you believe Wikipedia, "semantic change" is very close to......
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November 16, 2006 12:02
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zm: By the sheerest coincidence, I have long been alert for a better word than "smearing," prescrip......
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November 15, 2006 10:28
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Bob, sorry I wasn't clear, and your term is perfectly valid. I was just wondering, since our experi......
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November 15, 2006 10:25
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In connection with Kalleh's followups under Q@A, "Food of Shame" k: Thank you for that. You are d......
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November 15, 2006 08:39
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Bob: You are absolutely right about that, the expr can hardly be classed as a common neologism with......
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November 15, 2006 08:27
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arnie: Of course you're absolutely right about that, hence the query...
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November 13, 2006 11:11
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November 13, 2006 08:16
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But why not...
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November 12, 2006 15:37
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