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Article: From @ to Y2K, New Microsoft Encarta World English Dictionary Captures Language as the World Uses It.
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- August 31, 1999
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Five Additional References Expand, Complement the CD-ROM's Resources
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Three keypals are talking online in their rooms. The Australian boasts that he's a good shredder. The Irish correspondent relives an exciting moment from the last camogie game. The American enthuses about her commitment to greentailing. What do they all have in common? They're communicating in English.
Ten years ago, these words might have been impossible to understand, but they are in fact English words that have become part of our global language as the increased use of technology has brought us closer to other English-speaking people around ...