Trying to keep up!

Oh, they forgot one – First!!!

Just seen it PK

work work

Sounds like a union job(job security) no offense unionists just a little humor :smile: :smile:

I have a few dozen of different Dictionaries…even a mason bible :lol:

Now I’ll have to buy a new dictionary

4th! No rest for the weary! :cool:

How do we compare with other languages?

7th & 8th Slow internet :!: :sad:

I’m curious to know if theres a list of words that have been removed from the dictionary. Do some dictionaries have words in them that others don’t :?: Why?
Where do the lonely removed words go? :sad: Why?
Sorry, just in a “why” kindda mood. :cool:

I found a list of words that have been removed from a CHILDRENS Oxford Junior Dictionary in Britain. Heres the list :arrow:

Words taken out:

Carol, cracker, holly, ivy, mistletoe

Dwarf, elf, goblin

Abbey, aisle, altar, bishop, chapel, christen, disciple, minister, monastery, monk, nun, nunnery, parish, pew, psalm, pulpit, saint, sin, devil, vicar

Coronation, duchess, duke, emperor, empire, monarch, decade

adder, ass, beaver, boar, budgerigar, bullock, cheetah, colt, corgi, cygnet, doe, drake, ferret, gerbil, goldfish, guinea pig, hamster, heron, herring, kingfisher, lark, leopard, lobster, magpie, minnow, mussel, newt, otter, ox, oyster, panther, pelican, piglet, plaice, poodle, porcupine, porpoise, raven, spaniel, starling, stoat, stork, terrapin, thrush, weasel, wren.

Acorn, allotment, almond, apricot, ash, bacon, beech, beetroot, blackberry, blacksmith, bloom, bluebell, bramble, bran, bray, bridle, brook, buttercup, canary, canter, carnation, catkin, cauliflower, chestnut, clover, conker, county, cowslip, crocus, dandelion, diesel, fern, fungus, gooseberry, gorse, hazel, hazelnut, heather, holly, horse chestnut, ivy, lavender, leek, liquorice, manger, marzipan, melon, minnow, mint, nectar, nectarine, oats, pansy, parsnip, pasture, poppy, porridge, poultry, primrose, prune, radish, rhubarb, sheaf, spinach, sycamore, tulip, turnip, vine, violet, walnut, willow

Heres the whole article :shock: -ing!

Well Marina You are just going to have to try harder! :twisted: You only have to do about est. 8,330 (est. -417 already done) lessons per day! :roll: You should be able to whip that out no problem! :razz: We know you can do it! :lol:

ssssshhhhhh. Everyone. Be very nice to Marina. She seems to be a bit loopy today. Just smile and pretend everything is just fine. The guys in the white coats are on their way. :mrgreen:

Captain Jack LTA

All the words that people don’t LOVE anymore… get shipped out to a top secret “wordpile” out in the sticks. Maybe some future archaeologist will dig them up and bring them back to life. Who knows… maybe Marina’s Good-lookin’ Great-grand-daughter will start up a thing called DigginForWords! :shock: :lol:

Thanks for trying!
You are doing a wonderful job of introducing people, who otherwise would have no interest, to words.
You have managed to take generally dull subject matter and give it life!
Thanks again.

Where’s all the people that cry censorship when something like this happens. Now if you ban a porno video or a piece of music that’s demeaning to women or children or full of profanity then all of the people come out of the wood work to cry your censoring my freedom of speech or my freedom of expression. This type of censoring of every day words is just so wrong. :evil:

You mean us Jack? :lol:

Just wait, This is only a scratch on the surface of things to come…you just wait Mr. :sad:

Oh crap,

I brought my brown coat…

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!

Oh Hosani! (yea, I actually read the damn thing) :mrgreen:
It did remind me of the kangaroo lesson :grin:
.
one million bottles of beer on the wall…
I think I just found the next new forum game – LOL! :twisted:

They must do that to save paper? :roll:

Heh heh -homework tooo big of a challenge? :grin:
Congrats #1 today :mrgreen:

The Patton quote is a rerun (that makes two!) :arrow:

Wow, it looks like dear teacher needs to get busy. C’mon Teach! We are all pulling for you. :roll:

good luck with that… :cool:

Where are the TA’s when you need them.

“A million words doesn’t really seem excessive, given 1.35 billion speakers of English on the planet. That works out to only one word for every 1,350 speakers.”

I feel so left out.
Does this mean I should talk less?

A million of them eh? That’s quite a thundering herd.

“Si tous les cocus et leurs femmes qui les font se tenoyent tous par la main, et qu’il s’en pust faire un cerne, je croy qu’il seroit assez bastant pour entourner et circuir la moitié de la terre.”
РPierre de Bourdeille, Baron de Brant̫me (1540 Р1614)

Well PD,

I’d say the lonely words will ride into their setting sun,
far, far away from their dictionaries… They’ve got a long, long way to roam, so to speak.

I’d like to know that too wetsuit :)

YEA ! 1 mill WOW ! :shock: :smile: :cool:

:mrgreen: that should keep you busy

I think we should have two lessons a day. I’m a glutton for punishment.

Speaking of glutton, maybe that would be a good word request.

As always, thank you for your consideration.

At least youll never run out of words or phrases. What will you do when you finished the whole dictionary???? Teach us Math?

I have a word request. Though it is actually 2 words or maybe its a phrase. Im not too sure:

Pomp and Circumstance Where did that pharse come from? Why are they always together? Can you ever just have Pomp or Circumstance??? THis confuses me so and I hope you can help out. Hopefully someday you will do a request of mine.