Re: "A Million Words and Counting" - New Book

On Dec 20, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Alex Fink wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:55:03 -0500, Jim Henry
> <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
>
>> I think Language Log had a post or two last year
>> criticizing this guy's sloppy research etc., specifically
>> re: the claim that English recently surpassed
>> a million words.
>
> In particular I think I remember from that post that he's called
> out a date
> for the millionth word on several different occasions, and the
> uncharitable
> analysis is that he's just doing it to ensure continuous media
> attention,
> since the media eat these sort of stories up.
>
> All ye who are finding excerpts from "A Million Words..." on Google
> Books:
> could one of you post a link?  Of the two editions I can find there
> neither
> allows previewing.
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+Words+and+Counting%
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