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“How the heck will Kinect swimming even work?” is a nice example of a use of even that I think is genuinely new.
Language Log is keeping up with new usage…
Language Log » What does “even” even mean?
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“How the heck will Kinect swimming even work?” is a nice example of a use of even that I think is genuinely new.
Looking at how people shorten words on Twitter reveals it’s something more than just trying to fit a message into the 140-character limit.
Researchers Are Totes Studying How Ppl Shorten Words On Twitter
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The team at Dartmouth College mined 180 million tweets from 900,000 users to understand word clippings — like “awks” as “awkward.” The researchers want to understand how such words originate and how they spread.
Looking at how people shorten words on Twitter reveals it’s something more than just trying to fit a message into the 140-character limit.
Researchers Are Totes Studying How Ppl Shorten Words On Twitter
www.npr.org
The team at Dartmouth College mined 180 million tweets from 900,000 users to understand word clippings — like “awks” as “awkward.” The researchers want to understand how such words originate and how they spread.
War of the Dictionaries In the 1840s and 50s, Merriam-Webster and Joseph Emerson Worcester vied for supremacy in the dictionary market. Merriam-Webster Americanized spelling whi…
War of the Dictionaries
In the 1840s and 50s, Merriam-Webster and Joseph Emerson Worcester vied for supremacy in the dictionary market. Merriam-Webster Americanized spelling while Worcester retained British orthography but cost less than half the price.
War of the Dictionaries
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