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Fun with Words

I found this cool link (I think it is cool anyway...probably because I am a nerdy dork loser) about commonly asked grammer and word questions. I have included the highlights below if you are too busy MySpacing to take the time to learn something valuable.

Q: What is the longest english word?
A: pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)

Q: Are there any words that rhyme with orange? What about silver?
A: No. Only paparhymes (lozenge and salver respectively)

Q: How many words are there in the English language?
A: The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, and about a seventh verbs; the rest is made up of interjections, conjunctions, prepositions, suffixes, etc.

Q: What is the 'Oxford comma'?
A: The 'Oxford comma' is an optional comma before the word 'and' at the end of a list:

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It is so called because it was traditionally used by printer's readers and editors at Oxford University Press. Sometimes it can be necessary for clarity when the items in the list are not single words:

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Some people do not realize that the Oxford comma is acceptable, possibly because they were brought up with the supposed rule (which Fowler would call a 'superstition') about putting punctuation marks before and.

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It's the dawn of a new era. I erased my old blog and will be starting over new with this one. For better or worse, it will likely consist of the same sort of random things that I posted on the old one, but this one should be easier for you to read, easier for others to link to and easier for me to post to more frequently. So anyway, for the droves of loyal followers, adjust your favorites accordingly.