uhm August!!!

[Alice Faber]

On 8/8/10 12:52 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
> August is almost September in the WOTY string of things.
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> I'm sure (as anyone can be) that the WOTY for 2010 is going to have a lot to
> do with pollution by oil.
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> Just to get things rolling.  It will be interesting to see what the
> Australians and Germans come up with.  And don't forget the banned words.
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 From Darren Rovell's (MSNBC sports business columnist) twitter feed
earlier this week:

"Each year, the American Dialect Society chooses a word of the year.
Last year was Tweet. This year I'm betting on VUVUZELA."

For what it's worth...

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