Comments on: Merriam-Webster word of the year isn’t even a word http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nikki http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-21584 Nikki Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:17:22 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/#comment-21584 I'm okay with interjections and sounds as words, however, I am NOT okay with a word like w00t, simply because you can't spell words with numbers! You can't spell words with numbers!! Never in the history of the world has there ever been a word with a number in it. And there shouldn't be. You keep those numbers away from my words. They don't belong there. This is not math class! Segregation now! I’m okay with interjections and sounds as words, however, I am NOT okay with a word like w00t, simply because you can’t spell words with numbers! You can’t spell words with numbers!! Never in the history of the world has there ever been a word with a number in it. And there shouldn’t be. You keep those numbers away from my words. They don’t belong there. This is not math class! Segregation now!

]]> By: Sean P Aune http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-21336 Sean P Aune Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:02:47 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/#comment-21336 I suspected this would get a comment from you *laugh* I don't consider the one's you mentioned, with the exception of "Yahoo" words. And in the case of w00t... it's usually spelled with numbers... I just don't get it. I suspected this would get a comment from you *laugh* I don’t consider the one’s you mentioned, with the exception of “Yahoo” words. And in the case of w00t… it’s usually spelled with numbers… I just don’t get it.

]]> By: Contrary Jack http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-21335 Contrary Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:59:31 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/12/13/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-isnt-even-a-word/#comment-21335 w00t? D'oh? Bah! Hey! Yahoo! Hurrah! Ahem... ...which is to say, the interjection is a well-established lexical category. Words are sounds with meaning attached. w00t? D’oh?

Bah! Hey! Yahoo! Hurrah!

Ahem…

…which is to say, the interjection is a well-established lexical category. Words are sounds with meaning attached.

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