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{ Thursday, October 28, 2004 }

Cheeselog

In this article about the difficulty of estimating how many words there are, I find this charming example:

The wood louse is known in Britain by many local names—tiggy-hog, cheeselog, pill bug, chiggy pig, and rolypoly among others. Are these all to be counted as separate words?

LINK | 5:45 PM | TB

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