Re: [ontolog-forum] One new English word every 98 minutes

Hi Joel --

To try to keep up with you, I'm trying to think how to work the word
antidisestablishmentarianism into this email.  Aha, seems I have done so
(:-).

But seriously, you may like to take a look at the *open* vocabulary system
online at the site below.  The English semantics are strict, and I'll leave
it as an exercise for the reader to figure out how that works.

                                  Cheers,  -- Adrian

Internet Business Logic
A Wiki and SOA Endpoint for Executable Open Vocabulary English over SQL and
RDF
Online at www.reengineeringllc.com    Shared use is free

Adrian Walker
Reengineering

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Joel Bender <jjb5@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Adrian,
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Too bad it doesn't seem to indicate how many words are no longer
> significant.
>
> > So, does this strengthen the case for controlled vocabularies, or
> > indicate that the task of controlling the English language is hopeless?
>
> 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.
>
> :-)
>
>
> Joel
>
>
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