Saturday, March 26, 2011

Internet?s Influence On Language Reinforced By OED Changes, Google In Cherokee

"Technology has been one of the biggest drivers of new vocabulary for centuries" -- Jesse Sheidlower,�editor at large for the O.E.D.
The Internet's importance as a preserver and driver of language use has been reinforced this week with two key symbolic developments. The first is the news that the Internet-isms OMG, LOL and the usage of "heart" as a verb have made the Oxford English dictionary, throwing purists into a tizzy, because basically people generally hate change (it took about fifteen years for people to finally accept that the doubled-up adjectival noun "web site" would inevitably become the all inclusive noun "website." And it took the AP Stylebook about twenty to eventually join the two).

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