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Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they?

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Old 2008-11-17, 22:16
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Just thought it was interesting to see the word "meh" get added to the dictionary.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,5517946.story

My thoughts on this? Meh. *shrugs*
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Old 2008-11-20, 05:06
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I didn't know it wasn't technically a word before.
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Old 2008-11-27, 00:55
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I didn't know it wasn't technically a word before.
These days new words seemed to be defined as randomly constructed gibberish whose popularity refuses to die. When they survive for an arbitrary length of time in the collective consciousness they become an official word.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to find "D'oh!" in there.
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Old 2008-11-27, 00:59
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Bleh.
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Bleh.
lolwut?
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lolwut?
State of mind usually caused by boredom or a annoying situation that doesn't really causes any heavy emotional reactions.-urbandictinary.com(THE authority on this subject)
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Old 2008-11-27, 02:28
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State of mind usually caused by boredom or a annoying situation that doesn't really causes any heavy emotional reactions.-urbandictinary.com(THE authority on this subject)
It's a shame that "authority" resembles the English language after a concrete block has been dropped on its face from the 12th floor.
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I wouldn't be at all surprised to find "D'oh!" in there.
It is:
http://web.archive.org/web/200212030...nt/1387335.stm

Almost 8 years ago.
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Old 2008-11-28, 13:13
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It is:
http://web.archive.org/web/200212030...nt/1387335.stm

Almost 8 years ago.
I know. I was being sarcastic, hence the rolling eyes.
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I know. I was being sarcastic, hence the rolling eyes.
Sure.
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Old 2008-12-07, 12:24
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That's how languages grow, innit?
That's how you end up with ebonics and txt spk, m8.
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