offshore Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 According to an article in the local paper today, the most used noun in the English language according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is................................ Money...............................No Sex..................................No Celebrity..............................No Its................................TIME!! I would love to post the complete article, but its not on the papers website, and my archaic scanner has just said... time out! An interesting quote is the saying " time is money".. sounds modern, well it was from Benjamin Franklin in 1748. I will try to scan and copy the article tomorrow... it makes very interesting reading. Offshore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Well Alan Times a wasting, you better tell that printer it's times up, how many times have you tried already? Did you time it to see how long it took to time out? I could go on but I better not Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 I will try to scan and copy the article tomorrow... it makes very interesting reading. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5104778.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_common_nouns_in_English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted July 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Thanks for those Puggy- The 1st one is most definetly what inspired our local journo! Cos there aren't too many Oz journos capable of a new thought! However our local guy did do some research, and came up with an interesting view of "Time" Will try to post it here ASAP. Offshore @ Ken- Don't know whether I have the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) On paneristi, the most used noun is..... (I'm) rich...............................No (You're) poor...............................No (I'm) Better (than you because I can afford a genuine)...............................No (Everyone who buys a replica is a) criminal...............................No What is it? What could it be? The word is......................... Scary As in "Look at how good that illegal replica is. It's scary!" Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... Edited July 9, 2006 by Chronus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard Tracy Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Time = Life.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Time = Life.... Yes indeed DT... My sig says it all for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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