[Corpora-List] Re: Lesser (sic) used languages

[FIDELHOLTZ_DOOCHIN_JAMES_LAWRENCE]

Hi, Harold,

Just googled the two, and while that is pretty rough and ready, "lesser
used" got just over 50,000 hits, while "less used" got a bit over 100,000
(including collocations like "buy for less--used ...").  The implication
being that only about two-thirds of Web posters at most might cringe like
you.  My personal reaction is that it is British, but I would say that about
any marginally acceptable collocation that I personally don't use ('Blame
the Brits' syndrome).

Jim

Somers, Harold escribió:

> Sorry for cross-posting, but I just saw an announcement for a conference on "Lesser Used Languages & Computer Linguistics", which looks like an interesting conference, but (the point of this posting), does anyone else cringe when they see "lesser used"? Shouldn't it be "less used"?
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James L. Fidelholtz
Posgrado en Ciencias del Lenguaje, ICSyH
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla     MÉXICO