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Google rolls out online dictionary
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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Google, the company that for many has come to define the Internet, has quietly rolled out an online dictionary offering the meanings of words in more than two dozen languages. A visit Friday to a Google Dictionary service at google.com/dictionary showed...
Tags: San Francisco, Internet search engines, Lexicography, Mobile Payment, Hypertext, Technology Internet, English language, Google, Dictionary, Human-computer interaction, Human Interest
RIL in deal with Ecopetrol for deep water blocks
Mumbai :: India | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Reliance Industries said its exploration arm has entered into an agreement with Columbia state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol SA for two deep water blocks...REP would hold the remaining stake in the two blocks and the deal is subject to approval of...
Tags: RIL, Ecopetrol SA, Reliance Industries, India, Mumbai, Ecopetrol, Business Finance, BSE Sensex, Microsoft Word, Ion Television, Dictionary
Elks wrap up dictionary donations
Sun City :: AZ :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility About 1,850 dictionaries were distributed to third-graders in the Peoria and Dysart unified school districts, as well as two charter schools. Students were encouraged to "look it up" when asked questions...This is the fifth year the Sun City Elks have...
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Rhodri Marsden: How does the internet encourage bad spelling ?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility I'm a bit of a spelling fascist, but still have blind spots over words like "privilege" or "separate" that cause me grief and shame; indeed, an inability to reliably spell words like "embarrassment" has long been a source of embarrassment to the English-speaking...
Tags: New York City, Spelling, Dictionary, English spelling reform
Runners-up to Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility The runners-up to Merriam-Webster's 2009 Word of the Year (admonish), with definitions from the publisher's collegiate dictionary and, when applicable, the news event or story that generated the interest in the word:- Emaciated (adj.): To cause to lose...
Tags: Congress, Merriam-Webster, Springfield, Word of the year, Lexicography, Sarah Palin, Webster's Dictionary, Truthiness, Rogue, Merriam￢ﾀﾓWebster, Dictionary, American and British English spelling differences, Empathy
Dubuque considers roundabouts
Aberdeen :: United Kingdom | 17 days ago
Credibility There might be a learning curve involved for Dubuque drivers, but alleviating congestion at the city’s most complained about intersection — Asbury Road at University Avenue — likely will include the construction of three roundabouts. That’s the recommendation...
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`Obama` latest slang in dictionary
The sixth edition of `UCLA Slang` is being published this month and it is just `presh!`The book is released every four years by linguistics professor Pamela Munro and her students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).Munro said the lighthearted...
Tags: Obama, slang, dictionary, allnews, allnews, funny, comedy
Lexicon Injection Project introduces phrases for immediate and widespread dissemination
April 10, 2009 The objective of the Lexicon Injection Project (LIP) is to see how long it takes for the following terms, “exit call” and “entrance call,” to gain widespread usage in the English-speaking world. The terms below were...
Tags: Lexicon Injection Project, LIP, The Punditty Project, suitable for forwarding, telephone call as you are walking out the door, telephone phenomenon, telephonic, phone communications, telephone industry, urban dictionary, communication, landline, cellular phone, cell phones, allvoices.com, citizen journalism, please forward, spread the word, bad timing, in a hurry, hands full, hello, new word, dictionary, linguistics, words
100 New Words Added to the Dictionary
The new dictionary is out and subprime is officially a word according to Webster’s collegiate dictionary. Webster’s just released a new list of about 100 words with the year during which it was first thought to have been used. A few of the...
Tags: Dictionary, Websters, new words, subprime, wing nut, dirty bomb, air quotes, edamame, malware, mental health day, pescatarian, phytonutrient, pretexting, texas hold 'em
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