Showing posts with label semantic change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label semantic change. Show all posts

Monday, 12 March 2007

Twenty first century acronyms

Some nice examples of language change in this BBC article - acronyms are created to describe particularly modern cultural phenomenons - and some of them are the same as earlier words. Does that make them more likely to catch on or less, do you reckon?

Anyway, there's also a bit on the end for you to add your own if you like.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6435311.stm

enjoy!

Some of these are also relevant for language and technology.