OFF: web 2.0 - the millionth English word rus.usg.

[Slonyshko]

• A US web monitoring firm has declared the millionth English word to be Web 2.0, a term for the latest generation of web products and services. ( The Global Language Monitor)

• As expected, English crossed the 1,000,000 word threshold on June 10, 2009 at 10:22 am GMT

• English generates about 14.7 words a day or one every 98 minutes

• Today, some 1.53 billion people now speak English as a primary, auxiliary, or business language,

• The finalists, which met the criteria of a minimum of 25,000 citations with the necessary breadth of geographic distribution and depth of citations, were:
1. Web 2.0. 2. Jai Ho! 3. N00b. 4. Slumdog. 5. Cloud Computing. 6. Carbon Neutral. 7. Slow Food. 8. Octomom. 9. Greenwashing. 10. Sexting. 11. Shovel ready. 12. Defriend. 13. Chengguan. 14. Recessionista. 15. Zombie Banks.( Wiki)

• As of 2005, the Oxford English Dictionary contained 301,100 main entries. Adding in combination words, derivatives and phrases brings the OED total to 616,500 word-forms. The Global Language Monitor, however, accepts as a word any coinage that has gained sufficiently wide usage: this includes hybrid words in Chinglish (Chinese English), Hinglish (Hindi English), Spanglish (Spanish English), Hollywords (terms created by the film industry), computer jargon and words forged by the internet.Words need a minimum of 25,000 citations to qualify. ( Times Online)

[Tanitta]

ну и нормально.

[Юрий Гомон]

Если web 2.0 - это слово, то я китайский лётчик.

[Slonyshko]

• traditional dictionary makers are casting doubt on the claim and the methods behind it. ( BBC )

• Size Doesn't Matter ( Geoffrey Nunberg , "Fresh Air" commentary, April 18, 2006)

[Supa Traslata]

Вообще-то миллион слов в английском (по отдельным оценкам) регистрировали еще в 90-х, ссылки можно найти в интернете.