LINGUIST List 16.1827
Thu Jun 09 2005
Media: 'Chavs' and others make it into the dictionary
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'Chavs' and others make it into the dictionary
Message 1: 'Chavs' and others make it into the dictionary
Date: 09-Jun-2005
From: Mark Jones <markjjones
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Subject: 'Chavs' and others make it into the dictionary
The following stories report on some of the new (and old) words included in
the latest edition of the Collins English Dictionary, including the almost
ubiquitous 'chav' and 'wanksta' (a new one on me, but fills a much needed
slot).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1502190,00.html http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050609/344/fkqgi.html Mark Jones
Mark J. Jones
Department of Linguistics
University of Cambridge
http://kiri.ling.cam.ac.uk/mark mjj13
cam.ac.uk
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