The Web has spun the biggest influence on the American language in the past decade both with the new words it has spawned and the speed with which they have been adopted by the general public, said John Morse, president and publisher of Merriam-Webster.
Both articles say something to the above effect. I think that's very relevant, considering that the Supreme Court does not consider the 'net to be a "reckognised public forum" and therefore not protected by First Amendment rights. If there's that much communication going on in and around it... well maybe it has become a traditional forum, in a very, very short time.
Could you *not* make the links in bold? I reflexively clicked on them like they were a cut-tag (to *your* content, vs. some schtuff on the web somewheres).
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Date: 2003-06-30 09:54 am (UTC)Both articles say something to the above effect. I think that's very relevant, considering that the Supreme Court does not consider the 'net to be a "reckognised public forum" and therefore not protected by First Amendment rights. If there's that much communication going on in and around it... well maybe it has become a traditional forum, in a very, very short time.
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Date: 2003-06-30 10:09 am (UTC)Cool link. Thanks!
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Date: 2003-07-01 10:27 am (UTC)on them like they were a cut-tag (to *your* content, vs. some
schtuff on the web somewheres).
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P.S.: You couldn't use "Oy" before?
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Date: 2003-07-02 03:08 pm (UTC)And I know personally the person most likely to be the originator of the term "frankenfood".
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