English Language hits 1 million words!
By beki710
@beki710 (949)
June 13, 2009 7:05am CST
Wow! The English Language officially reached 1 million words on 10th June. Apparently a new word comes into the language every 98 minutes. A lot of words have now come from other countries or a related to technology. I can't believe that there are a million words! I'm a native Englsh speaker and I guess I'll never learn them all....
Here's the website if you are interested:
http://www.languagemonitor.com/
2 responses
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
13 Jun 09
It's a good news. Language is dynamic thing. It always improve as time goes by. I think it's hard to learn all that million words. But now we know that dictionaries must update their content. Currently i use dictionary software which contain hundred of thousand words. I hope i can find the update. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
@doggyhouz (548)
• United States
13 Jun 09
Do you know what was the 1,000,000th word? And maybe its meaning? Thanks.
