atomic-raygun

/me staggers in shock: NOOOOOOO

BBC News:

'Meanwhile, the fastest-changing words are projected to die out and be replaced by other words much sooner.

For example, "dirty" is a rapidly changing word; currently there are 46 different ways of saying it in the Indo-European languages, all words that are unrelated to each other. As a result, it is likely to die out soon in English, along with "stick" and "guts".

Verbs also tend to change quite quickly, so "push", "turn", "wipe" and "stab" appear to be heading for the lexicographer's chopping block.

Again, the model cannot predict what words may change to; those linguistic changes are according to Professor Pagel "anybody's guess".'

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Comments:

Don't worry - I'm keeping Dirty going nd you are shoring up Stab :)

# posted by

HeadBurro Antfarm : 28 February, 2009 04:10

I think the words "lexicographer" and "Indo-European" will die out before any of the others. If "stab" goes, then what will happen to "chopping block"?

# posted by

Young Geoffrion : 28 February, 2009 08:11

"Click" is enjoying its moment in the sun, I'm sure.

# posted by

Osprey : 28 February, 2009 20:30

pushes a dirty stick into the bbc's guts, then wipes it off, only to turn back and stab the bbc again!

# posted by

Enjah Mysterio : 01 March, 2009 09:39

Yes, Enjah will make sure everything else is dead before those words expire.

# posted by

Young Geoffrion : 01 March, 2009 16:31

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