北京时间6月11日早间消息，据国外媒体报道，全球语言监测机构(以下简称"GLM")周三称，"Web 2.0"是第100万个英语词汇。有语言学家认为这不过是个噱头而已。
GLM表示，"Web 2.0"出现在搜索中的次数超过了2.5万次，得到了广泛认可，成为"第100万个英语词汇"名副其实。"Web 2.0"最初是一个技术性词汇，意指下一代Web产品和服务。但在最近6个月，"Web 2.0"的使用范围大大增加。
有语言学家指出，GLM将"Web 2.0"列为第100万个英语词汇纯属炒作，是不科学的，计算在使用的英语词汇是不可能的。目前不存在认定一个词汇是否属于"合法"英语词汇的机构或规则。加州大学伯克利分校语言学教授杰弗里·纳恩博格(Geoffrey Nunberg)说，"我认为这没有任何意义。"
GLM总裁鲍尔·佩雅克(Paul JJ Payack)对这种批评不以为然，声称其方法从技术上说是科学的，"要想查清天上的星星，必须首先搞清楚什么是星星，然后再查。我们的标准浅显易懂，只要遵守这些标准，就能计算英语词汇量。大多数研究人员认为我们的方法具有极高价值。"
根据佩雅克的计算，英语每天新增14.7个词汇。佩雅克表示，另外5个词汇彰显出英语的"与时俱进"："Jai Ho!"，表示胜利和成功的印度惊叹词；"slumdog"指生活在印度贫民窟的孩子；"cloud computing"(云计算)指通过互联网发布的服务；"carbon neutral"(碳中立)是一个新出现的气候变化领域的词汇；"N00b"意指游戏新手。
On June 10, the Global Language Monitor announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase added to the codex of fourteen hundred-year-old language.
Web 2.0 beats Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog.as the 1,000,000th English Word
English passed the Million Word mark earlier today, June 10 at 10:22 am GMT
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Austin, Texas June 10, 2009 - The Global Language Monitor today announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase. added to the codex of fourteen hundred-year-old language. Web 2.0 is a technical term meaning the next generation of World Wide Web products and services. It has crossed from technical jargon into far wider circulation in the last six months. Two terms from India, Jai Ho! and slumdog finished No. 2 and 4. Jai Ho! Is a Hindi exclamation signifying victory or accomplishment; Slumdog is an impolite term for children living in the slums. Just missing the top spot was n00b, a mixture of letters and numbers that is a derisive term for newcomer. It is also the only mainstream English word that contains within itself two numerals. Rounding out the final five were another technical term, cloud computing, meaning services that are delivered via the cloud (or Internet), and a term from the Climate Change debate, carbon neutral. At its current rate, English generates about 14.7 words a day or one every 98 minutes.
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