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Who decides what words are words?

Asked by NaturalMineralWater (11303points) February 17th, 2009

Who has the market cornered on what words go in the dictionary and which ones don’t? Who bloated the dictionary with all the words we have in it (english)? Why do you suppose languages such as spanish have no need of all these extra special words? Do you like having the capability to say things in such intricate detail? Or are you more apt to just say things in simple terms?

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