Adrian, (01)
> According to the Global Language Monitor (
> http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words ), there's a new English word
> with significant usage every 98 minutes. (02)
Too bad it doesn't seem to indicate how many words are no longer
significant. (03)
> So, does this strengthen the case for controlled vocabularies, or
> indicate that the task of controlling the English language is hopeless? (04)
Depending on my audience I have a propensity to be a bit sesquipedalian,
but that's only to compensate for the drudgery of being confined to
such controlled languages, and like other programmers that aren't
renowned for their ability to pontificate illustriously, I just end up
sounding like a long winded n00b. (05)
:-) (06)
Joel (07)
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