Comments about: Working in the field & tennis chat.
| Date Posted: Dec 12, 2006 | Subject: N/A |
Posted By: Sampson  |
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It would be fun if a word like did come into common usage! I guess its possible because like you said lots of new words and phrases come into being especially with communication across many cultures via the Internet. (Reply) |
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| Date Posted: Dec 13, 2006 | Subject: words |
| Posted By: HelloDali |
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"Gearhead" is the current lingo, esp. among musicians. It has the benefit of being shorter than equipmentician! (Reply) |
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| Date Posted: Dec 13, 2006 | Subject: Nice! |
| Posted By: Sampson |
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“Gearhead” I like it! And its definitively got a better ring to it than “Equipmentician” and less of a mouthful too! Equipmentician still makes me laugh and smile a bit when I think back to the dream :-D (Reply) |
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I've always been fascinated by the process in which a new word gets introduced into an established language. Who knows, if we drop the word "equipmentician" enough into conversations here and there, maybe it could become a new word? I wonder how this process of new word creation will be changed by the existence of the internet -- I'm guessing new words will be introduced even faster, and their use will spread faster.
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