<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>True, and now that "hackerspace" is in the OED, it's a defensibly legit play on a Scrabble board! Score!</div><div><br></div><div>- Jamie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Sam Ley <<a href="mailto:sam.ley@gmail.com">sam.ley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Just to be clear, there is no "official" list of what is or is not in the English language - the Oxford dictionaries (in their various editions) reflect common usage of words only - there is no "dictating". There isn't some secret cabal that decides what is or isn't a word - they just watch what is being used and how, and describe it accordingly.<div>
<br></div><div>Interesting article on the topic: <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=6481">http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=6481</a></div><div><br></div><div>-Sam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Walter van Holst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter@revspace.nl" target="_blank">walter@revspace.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 29/08/2013 20:42, Mitch Altman wrote:<br>
> The word "hackerspace" has officially been added to the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary!<br>
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> <a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hackerspace" target="_blank">http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hackerspace</a><br>
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</div>This would warrant a blog on <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/" target="_blank">hackerspaces.org</a>, wouldn't it?<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Walter<br>
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