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		sedm0784 on Feb 27, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Oldest English words' identified The linguists at Language Log don't think too highly of this article (and the BBC radio segment on the same topic): http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1186 Choice comment: "This is probably one of the most abysmal failures of science journalism ever."

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