Language is pretty cool.

It has a life of it's own.

This is great!


English Language to Have One Million Words by April
More Than 1.3 Billion English Speakers Will Have Lots of Words to Choose From
By RUTH WALKER
Jan. 3, 2009

Scarcely has the new year begun before the calendar pages start filling up with lunch dates promised in Christmas cards and notes-to-self about next time, seriously, getting an earlier start on holiday gift shopping.
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English speakers have many words to choose from -- the language is expected to reach 1 million words by April.


But from The Economist comes a reminder of a notable date of an altogether higher order. Is your stylus poised?

It's April 29, 2009 -- plus or minus a few days. That is when the English language is expected to acquire its millionth word. This prediction comes from Global Language Monitor, an organization in Austin, Texas, which uses proprietary software to track and analyze trends in language. "Global English" is its particular focus.

A million words doesn't really seem excessive, given 1.35 billion speakers of English on the planet. That works out to only one word for every 1,350 speakers.

There's a business based on this? It has to be government subsidized. Who else would pay to have words counted?