Friday, March 25, 2011

The Oxford English Dictionary Hearts [Blip]

The stuffy old OED—the last word in what is and is not the English language—has decreed that <3 is a word. Or rather, the vertical version of that. It's the first time a symbol has been included as a word. Death of the English language? Natural lexicographic evolution? Just a way to screw with QWERTY keyboard makers? All of the above, probably. And it's not alone. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/BPan8-Ny01s/the-oxford-english-dictionary-hearts-

Magnetic North Software Ltd Sarah Gellman ecoATM Beppe Gabbiani

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