Will 'Jai Ho' become millionth English word?
Agencies
Posted: Saturday, Jun 06, 2009 at 1617 hrs IST
Updated: Saturday, Jun 06, 2009 at 1617 hrs IST
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.
Comments
» 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.
» Will 'Jai Ho' become millionth English word?
Posted by G. Krishnamurthy on 2009-06-09 08:18:30.118185+05:30
The British are really great. Once the sun never set in their Empire. Now their language is bringing unity among multi-lingual nations.
» Where is the song writer?
Posted by Avinash Baranwal on 2009-06-08 09:26:35.887045+05:30
And the writer of the song has been forgotten.Before publishing news, do u guys do a quality check?Where is the name of the song writer Mr. Gulzar? Does not he deserve to be mentioned as a creator of 'Jai Ho'?We are a society of obsessed and not an honest and learned one. People are blind beyond Rehman.
» Superiority of the English Language
Posted by Dr. Rajendiran G on 2009-06-08 08:26:20.078892+05:30
The English Language is rich with around a million words.Let it be rich and great in the coming years.
» Let we Indians make English the sole national language in order to bring unity in the country!!!!
Posted by K. Sepia on 2009-06-08 08:17:43.794006+05:30
India is a multi-lingual country each language trying to dominate over the others under one pretext or other. It was English that united all in this country and let us allow it to flourish in this land forever. May our legislators look into this aspect, please.
» English is really a wonderful global language!
Posted by G. Krishnamurthy on 2009-06-08 08:10:18.451202+05:30
Once upon a time the sun never set in the British Empire! Now the English Language is the leader of all languages of the world. Long live the English Language!
