Will 'Jai Ho' become millionth English word?

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Posted: Saturday, Jun 06, 2009 at 1617 hrs IST
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New Delhi: 'Jai Ho' and 'Slumdog' will compete with 73 other entries from around the world including 'Octomom' and 'Recessesionista' to become the millionth word of the English language.

The English Language will cross the 1,000,000 word threshold on June 10, 2009 at 10:22 am Stratford-Upon-Avon time, the Global Language Monitor, an Austin, Texas-based firm said.

The Indian entries include 'Cuddies', a word used to refer to ladies' underwear or panties, 'Jai Ho!, Indian music maestro's AR Rahman's globally successful title track from from the Academy Award winning, 'Slumdog Millionaire' as well as the word 'Slumdog'.

"The Million Word milestone brings to notice the coming of age of English as the first, truly global Language," said Paul JJ Payack, president and chief word analyst of the Global Language Monitor.

"Due to the global extent of the English language, the Millionth Word is as likely to appear from India, China, or East Los Angeles as it is to emerge from Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's home town," said the firm's website.

The website said that the word with the highest PQI (Predictive Quantities Indicator) score will be deemed the 1,000,000th English language word.

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» sad?

Posted by Caroline on 2009-06-10 09:42:14.360271+05:30
It makes me sad that the four top contenders for this "honor" (and I use that term loosely) are a movie title, the title of a song from that movie, a word referring to underwear, and the word coined for a woman who's famous for nothing more than intentionally getting pregnant with two separate sets of multiples.