> That's the name of the book. The author is Paul J.J. Payack. I've been reading up
> about him - he sounds slightly crazy. The book is about English vocabulary.
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> -Elliott
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
> To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 5:30:18 PM
> Subject: Re: "A Million Words and Counting" - New Book
>
> I seem not to have recieved the original post in this
> thread. To what book are we referring? Is it called
> _A Million Words and Counting_? Is it about conlangs
> or does it just mention some? Who wrote it?
>
> Adam
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> --- Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Elliott Lash
>> <erelion12@...> wrote:
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>> > "A Million Words and Counting"
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>> > There is a google books version. Interestingly and
>> somewhat annoyingly, my language Silindion, is
>> listed as one of the languages 'heavily influenced
>> by' or 'based upon' Latin. While I have said on
>> some websites in the
>>
>> Besides that I count three errors or egregious
>> oversimplifications in the three paragraphs about
>> Toki Pona, Esperanto and Ido.
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>> > Have any of you heard of this book or the author?
>> I guess there's nothing one can do now that it's
>> been published. I am annoyed that I wasn't contacted
>> about it
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>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Henry
>>
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/
>>
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> Ed ñavisud in junu suñu pera nun regrediri ad ul Erodu, regrediruns ad il
> sustrus provinchi peu'l via aurra.
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> Machu 2:12
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