The Oxford English Dictionary as Linguistic Mirror of the Human Genome -- And How to Auto-incorporate Foreign DNA !!

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Why does the latest on-line edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contain almost 1 million word entries ? -- More than any other language in the world !

Because the English language excels at incorporating foreign linguistic DNA ! !

In great contrast to other linguistically "pure" languages such as French or Japanese !  But, similar to the Dutch language -- they were traders and voyagers for the past 550 years who also broadly borrowed linguistic DNA from around the world -- just as the English (and Americans) have.

So who will be genetically dead 100 years from now ? -- look at their dictionairies.  The smaller the dictionary of any country or language, the more likely your grandchildren will say:  "Who?"

Likewise, successful organisms -- such as viruses and bacteria -- liberally borrow & auto-incorporate DNA.

And, for example, that's the only reason why you have mitochondria and have the energy to read this post !

In sum, in everything you do, borrow liberally and often !! -- or -- join the dinosaurs.


References:

http://www.oed.com

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary

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Dateline -- San Diego, Calif.:  03 July 2011 -- 1:00 AM


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