Web 2.0 is listed as 100th million English Words

Web 2.0 is listed as 100th million English Words

Source: Sina Technology Sina technology news Beijing Time on June 11 morning news, according to foreign media reports, the global language Monitoring Agency (hereinafter referred to as "GLM") said on Wednesday, "Web 2.0" is 100th million English words. Some scholars think this is just a stunt.

GLM said that "Web 2.0" appeared more than 25 thousand times in searches and was widely recognized as "100th million English words. "Web 2.0" was originally a technical term, meaning the next generation of Web products and services. However, in the last six months, "Web 2.0" has been greatly used.

Some linguistics pointed out that GLM's classification of "Web 2.0" as 100th million English words is purely speculation and unscientific. It is impossible to calculate the English words used. Currently, there is no institution or rule for determining whether a word is a "legal" English word. "I don't think it makes any sense," said Geoffrey Nunberg, a professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley ."

Paul JJ Payack, president of GLM, dismissed the criticism and claimed that the method was technically scientific. "To find out the stars in the sky, you must first figure out what the stars are and then check. Our standards are easy to understand, so long as we comply with these standards, we can calculate the English vocabulary. Most researchers believe that our approach is extremely valuable ."

According to pejak's computation, 14.7 New Words are added to English every day. The other five words show that English is "advancing with the times":"Jai Ho !",An Indian marvel that represents victory and success."Slumdog"Refers to children living in India's slums."Cloud computing"(Cloud computing) refers to services published over the Internet;"Carbon Neutral"(Carbon neutral) is a new term in the field of climate change."N00b"Is a beginner in games. (Zhixiang)