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2007-03-16 Britain

Ditch the Oxford Dictionary: UK think-tank

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Somebody with too much idle time on their hands.

Posted by 3dc 2007-03-16 00:30|| 2007-03-16 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Is the House of Commons going to spend have to pass a series of law for this? Will they have to get EU approval? What does Brussels think about the website name? Let's take this one step at a time.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-03-16 08:23|| 2007-03-16 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "Democtionary" is not even a real word, duh!

Posted by Excalibur 2007-03-16 08:49|| 2007-03-16 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like the Blackadder episode about Dr Johnson's dictionary.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-16 10:20|| 2007-03-16 10:20|| Front Page Top

#5 So these cunning fellows think that they are now linguists?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-16 11:32|| 2007-03-16 11:32|| Front Page Top

#6 *rimshot*

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-16 13:57|| 2007-03-16 13:57|| Front Page Top

#7 So are they working on the first edition of the Newspeak dictionary?

Posted by xbalanke 2007-03-16 13:59|| 2007-03-16 13:59|| Front Page Top

#8 If Fjordman ever needed any proof for his theory about language perverting "glossocrats", he need look no further than these mega-loons. Only by excluding the OED from common use will Demos have any hope of seeing acceptance for such belabored and contrived Newspeak as "democtionary".

Oh, and by the way, that persistent high pitched whirring sound that you hear in the background? That's George Orwell spinning in his grave.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-16 16:36|| 2007-03-16 16:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, and by the way, that persistent high pitched whirring sound that you hear in the background? That's George Orwell spinning in his grave.

Phase 2 - a new source of green power.

Posted by DMFD 2007-03-16 19:19|| 2007-03-16 19:19|| Front Page Top

#10 They could call it the Wikidicky.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-03-16 20:04|| 2007-03-16 20:04|| Front Page Top

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