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Language usage changes all the time and words can come and go! The Oxford English Dictionary Online has recently updated its list of words to be included in the most recent version of the OED. Have a look through the new entries by clicking on the link below - are they familiar? Are there any words or expressions that you use that should be in the OED? Or any words that need to have a meaning update?
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/aug/28/twerk-geek-chic-oxford-dictionary
Also, there was a fascinating documentary on the BBC on 3rd September about a woman whose language changed completely after suffering from a type of stroke and she woke up speaking with a Chinese accent. What was interesting was the way that her change in speech patterns had a profound effect on her sense of self, showing what an important role our 'linguistic fingerprints' have in creating our identity. You might be able to catch it on iPlayer if you're quick!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b039sm17/The_Woman_Who_Woke_Up_Chinese/
I think that the article on the recent update to the Oxford English Dictionary Online is very interesting. It is showing that we are living in a very modern generation and the Oxford Dictionary have realised that by incorporating the younger generations language into their dictionary.
ReplyDeleteIt was very strange looking at some of the preposterous words being thrown into the Oxford English Dictionary! I mean, who uses "Babymoon" and "Jorts" in any form of sentence? I don't and neither do people I talk to! What a unique country we live in!
ReplyDeleteI found the article on the recent updates to the Oxford Dictionary quite interesting as it shows how people using unusual words have suddenly made them normal by over-using them
ReplyDeleteI think that it is very interesting that the words "Twerk" and "Selfie" are added to the Oxford English Dictionary. These words were seen as slang and now it is strange that they are now added to the dictionary!
ReplyDeleteFair enough, the English Dictionary is adapting to younger words and slang, but there's no need for abreviations and shortened words like 'BYOD' and 'apols' which are pretty self explanatory!
ReplyDeleteI think the article about the oxford English dictionary shows how much the English language is changing and how quickly words like 'selfie' are becoming actual words instead of phrases people come up with. I think it also shows how much the younger generation is having an affect on our language, whether it's a good thing that 'twerk' in now a word or not I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI think that the article about the new words added to the English Dictionary is a good change. It's good that new words that are regularly used by the younger generation have made it into the dictionary it shows acceptence of the words used today. However it's not all good. A lot of the words aren't always used or heard of. Also some of the words are just shortened versions of multiple words and shouldn't be entered into the dictionary because of this.
ReplyDeleteThe article about changes to the Oxford English Dictionary is really interesting but half those words have just been created because people are too lazy to use more than one word to describe something. I've never heard anyone say 'Jorts' and surely 'Pear Cider' is pretty self explanatory?
ReplyDeleteI think that the article about the Oxford English Dictionary is interesting but strange considering most of the words that have been added i havent even heard of like 'bitcoin'. It shows us how our language is changing rapidly and its difficult to keep up with the new words that are being used.
ReplyDeleteI found this article to be interesting as it showed the spread of slang words over time and how they gradually make their way into peoples' 'everyday' vocabularies.
ReplyDeleteThe new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary are not actual words. They are being used by a changing generation, but they are also just a fashion. They are mainly used by teenagers and therefore are not used by everyone speaking English, so why add them to the dictionary?
ReplyDeleteI think it's good that some commonly used slang words are put into the dictionary however there are some that i have never heard of, and never heard anyone use before and therefore should not be in there.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is constantly adapting and so the addition of these 'slang' words to the english dictionary is no surprise, many words we accept today as 'normal' began as overused slang.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is strange that some of the words have been added to the dictionary as some of them are completely made up in the recent years, such as 'jorts' and 'selfie'. It shows that the Oxford English Dictionary is adapting to the younger generations and that words we considered slang are becoming more widely accepted.
ReplyDeletesome of the words that came up on the oxford english dictionary weren't words i would expect to see in the there. It was suprising how words that were considered 'slang' not too long ago made their way to the oxford english dicionary.
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