Annual word harvest</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Annual word harvest"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Annual,word,harvest"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">17-10-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Annual word harvest</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_mknSpsTybGMnToNNq5sM_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Ohio, USA (Toledo Blade): The practice of putting together dictionaries in England dates back to the 17th century, according to Samir Abu-Absi, a linguist at the University of Toledo. Originally, the idea was to collect hard words that the average reader would not know, but it evolved into having a comprehensive listing of all the possible words in the language. <br>Inevitably, this led to controversy about whether certain nonstandard or uncultivated words should be included. Like in 1961, Mr. Abu-Absi said, when a Merriam-Webster's dictionary included every English teacher's nemesis: ain't. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><lien>toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051014/ART02/510140319/-1/ART </lien <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show