[Air-l] Poll on annoying Internet neologisms

[Peter Timusk]

Forgive me if I am wrong but French is a prescribed language.



Peter Timusk,
B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University
Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa (2006-2007).
just trying to stay linear.
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On 28-Jun-07, at 5:22 PM, Derek McMillan wrote:

> Actually I think calling a URL "earl" is rather endearing.
>
> None of the top "annoying" neologisms annoy me however. It's a free
> country, people will develop the language the way they find most
> convenient and we can't lay down what words will or will not become
> current. Tell pupils a particular turn of phrase particularly  
> annoys you
> and you are asking to hear it at every turn.
>
> McDonalds know this to their cost. They have tried to have the term
> McJob (a low-paid non-union job) removed from the Oxford English
> Dictionary (and forced their employees to circulate petitions). They
> only attracted adverse publicity and ridicule for their pains.
>
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