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Christopher
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What was the most popular word last year? Last century? Last millenium? Find out at this web page! American Dialect Association -edited so link opens new window- [This message has been edited by Christopher (05-24-2002 01:16 PM).] |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
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Well...checked this out. You know what though - I personally reckon the most popular word should be 'I' - I bet it is the one we each say most often... LOL!  K |
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Christopher
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interesting - 9-11 as an actual word. also of note: assoline - methane used as fuel. wow. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
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Is that a Christopher byproduct? |
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Phaedrus Member
since 2002-01-26
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Apparently the most spoken word in the world is ok the second is Coca-Cola which is a pretty bad indictment of the state of mankind – one meaning all right, average, acceptable and the other being a consumer product. The most used language to utter these words alternates every twenty-four hours between English and Putonghua with approximately one billion people speaking each. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
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Sharon!  Putonghua? Whazzat? |
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Phaedrus Member
since 2002-01-26
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Mandarin Chinese |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
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ah-ha... i didn't realize... is it the second most popular language? ... then again, there are alot of people over there... interesting, learn something new everyday. thanks |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
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How terribly disheartening to see that of the top 8 categories, only one was in any way shape or form upbeat, and that being "Let's Roll" which will always be attributed to the fateful 9-11... thanks for the link, Christopher. I do enjoy your postcards of traveling on the 'Net |
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Phaedrus Member
since 2002-01-26
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Putonghua (Madarin Chinese) and English both share the title of ‘most used language’, while China sleeps English is the most used and while some of the English speaking nations sleep Putonghua takes over. |
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