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1、New words in English2004-5-31 WhydoesEnglishhavemorewordsthananyotherlanguage?ThereareseveralreasonswhyEnglishhassuchahugevocabulary.Onereasonisbecauseofitshabitofborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages.IfyoulookcloselyatanEnglishdictionary,youllfindthatabout75%ofthewordsareforeigninorigin.Englishborrowsfr
2、omotherlanguagesveryfreely.NotalllanguagesborrowasfreelyasEnglish.AlmosteverydaynewwordsentertheEnglishlanguage,andthisisaprocessthathasbeengoingonforathousandyears.Clearlythishasbeenamajorinfluenceonthelanguage.YoumaybesurprisedtofindthatevensomeofthesimplestandcommonestEnglishwordswereborrowedfrom
3、otherlanguages:pizza(Italian),pork(French),sushi(Japanese),sky(Scandinavian),demand(French),kindergarten(German),photograph(Greek),school(Latin),etc,etc.AndlookatthewordsEnglishhasborrowedfromChinese:tea,typhoon,wok,gungho,chow.ClearlyEnglishisnotapurelanguage,soperhapsitisgoodthatithasbeenadoptedas
4、theworldlanguage!Apartfromborrowings,Englishalsocreatesnewwordsandphrasestokeepupwiththescientificandtechnologicalchangesintheworld.Afewyearsago,wordslikeradar,internet,andcellphonedidntexist.Nowtheyarepartofoureverydayvocabulary.AnotherwaythatnewEnglishwordsarecreatedisbycombiningoldwords.Theworddi
5、sc-jockeywasformedsomeyearsagotodescribeapersonwhoplayedsongsinadiscoorontheradio.Recently,thewordshock-jock,hascometodescriberadiodisc-jockeyswhosayshockingthingstoguestsandlisteners.Thisprocessofcreatingnewwordsthroughcombinationandre-combinationwillprobablycontinueforaslongastherearepeoplespeakin
6、gEnglish.Hereisashortlistofjustafewneologismsthatwerecreatedinthelastfewyears.(Neologismsarenewwordsorphrases.)Qualitytime-timespentwiththefamily,ratherthanatworkVanilla-whenusedasanadjective,vanillameansstandard,boring,ornotinteresting.User-friendly-easytouse,notharmfultotheenvironmentBeautyparade-
7、anykindofcompetitioncanbecalledabeautyparade,includingcompaniescompetingforacontract,etc.Bloatware-unnecessarysoftwarethathaslotsoffeaturesanduseslotsofdiskspaceGhetto-partofacitywhereagrouporminoritylivesDude-person,guy.Chill-whenusedasaverb,torelax,calmdown.GenerationY-thosepeoplewhowerebornorafte
8、r1978Open-collarworkers-peoplewhoworkathomeLiposuction-surgicallyremovingfatfromthebodySpam-unwantedadvertisingthroughthemailore-mailTelesurgery-telemeansfaraway.Thisiswherethedoctorguidingtheoperationisnotintheroom.Cyber-cafe-aninternetcafeIthinkitisfascinatingtoseenewwordsandhowtheycomeabout.IfyouarealsointerestedIreferyoutothisexcellentwebsite.Ithaslotsmoreinformationonthistopic:
