Terminalcoffee discussion

Non-words...where the hell will they put them?

http://techland.time.com/2011/03/25/t...

And more words...

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/nati...

What do you think?

Here's the official announcement...scroll down on the link for the complete list, including words like "couch surfer" and smack-talking."

http://www.oed.com/public/latest/late...

When will they be allowed in scrabble is the question. I could really use LOL.

RA, if they're in the OED, they're not non-words anymore.

I have a hard time with things like this, because I am such a tight-ass where language is concerned, but I keep reminding myself that all languages evolve, and if we don't let them evolve, we might as well just return to grunting at each other.

But how can the heart symbol be a word, Jammers, if it doesn't have any letters? How can Pi use it in Scrabble?

RA, see Myles's post for how the heart symbol is okay. Besides, "I" is a word and it's only one symbol too.

(It's possible that I gave up and died inside years ago, when the OED added "D'oh" as a word)

Dutch wrote: "You know what bugs me.. abbreviated EVERYthing. To the point where the abbreviation is now the word for something that once was.

BP: Boston Pizza
B-MO: Bank of Montreal
KFC: Kentucky Fried C..."

KFC did it on purpose, anyway, in a deliberate attempt to take the word Fried out of the equation as fried food became frowned upon.

Boston Pizza is a Canadian chain and cracks me up, since Boston is not exactly known for its pizza. Here in Baltimore there's a place called "New York Fried Chicken" which also makes me laugh.

Sarah Pi wrote: "Boston is not exactly known for its pizza."

Having lived several years in Boston I can definitely confirm that the chowder is great and the pizza is terrible.

a language that does not embrace changing times and expressions is a dead language. I too have trouble with acronyms and symbols but we use them a lot and if they are being used then they need definitions.