15.3382, Media: BBC: Blog is Most Looked-up Word

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Subject: 15.3382, Media: BBC: Blog is Most Looked-up Word

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Date: 03-Dec-2004
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: BBC: Blog is Most Looked-up Word



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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:34:33
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: BBC: Blog is Most Looked-up Word


An article on the BBC Website, dated 1 December, 2004:

'Blog' picked as word of the year

The term "blog" has been chosen as the top word of 2004 by a US dictionary
publisher.

Merriam-Webster said "blog" headed the list of most looked-up terms on its
site during the last twelve months.

The article includes a list of the top ten words of 2004.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4059291.stm


Karen Chung
http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/
http://lists.topica.com/lists/phonetics/
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