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<h1>Democracy of language in new Internet dictionary <a
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<em class="timedate">Fri Sep 19, 10:11 AM ET</em><!-- end storyhdr -->
<p> LONDON (Reuters) - Not satisfied with regular updates of printed
dictionaries compiled by professionals, a new website has thrown open
the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221833938_0">definition of words</span>
to all comers. </p>
<p> <a
href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/storytext/dictionary_dc/29166015/SIG=10jofiu70/*http://Wordia.com"><span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221833938_1">Wordia.com</span></a> offers
everyone the chance to record and upload a video of themselves defining
their chosen word in a complete democratization of the language that
will have Samuel Johnson, the compiler of the first dictionary, turning
in his grave.</p>
<p> One early offering is the word "bungalow" --"One storey house.
Grannies live in it. Often with cats. Originally an Indian word."</p>
<p> Another offering is "nascent" which suggests that wordia is a
nascent technology that "takes something quite dull like a dictionary
and makes it not quite as dull."</p>
<p> The organizers hope their new online audio-visual dictionary will
become a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221833938_3">living language
archive</span>. Time will tell.</p>
<p> (Reporting by Jeremy Lovell; editing by Paul Casciato)</p>
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