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-                       THE ENABLE2K SIGNATURE WORDS\r
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-As with the first edition of ENABLE, the ENABLE2K word list contains\r
-a collection of "signature words", words which one of the compilers\r
-feels to be a word of particular interest, usefulness or value, yet which\r
-is not presently recognized as valid by OSPD (r) or MW10.  (See the file\r
-SIGWORDS.DOC for more discussion of the "signature word" concept.)  The\r
-original ENABLE had 500 signature words.  For ENABLE2K, we have increased\r
-the number to 1024.  The original signature words were all (with one\r
-exception) long words, ineligible for inclusion in OSPD due to their\r
-length.  Many of the new ENABLE2K signature words, on the other hand, are\r
-short, and suitable for inclusion in OSPD whenever it is next expanded.\r
-\r
-A significant number of the new signature words were taken from the\r
-ENABLE2K "plural reform" project, which was an attempt to remove invalid\r
-plurals (such as "trichinosises") from the list, and to identify omitted\r
-valid plurals (such as "oxymorons").  The plural reform project is\r
-described in absurd detail in the file PLURALS.DOC in the ENABLE2K\r
-supplement.  All the new plurals identified by the reform project that\r
-were explicitly shown by two major American dictionaries were added as\r
-signature words, as were plurals of short words listed by a single such\r
-dictionary.  A number of other plurals with less clearcut evidence, but\r
-which one or both of us feel is certainly valid, have also been added.\r
-See PLURALS.DOC for information about specific plurals.\r
-\r
-ENABLE2K retains almost all the signature words from the original ENABLE.\r
-The following words were dropped because they are now in the base\r
-ENABLE2K list:\r
-\r
-discontinuation\r
-discontinuations\r
-multibillions\r
-premarketing\r
-premarketings\r
-salpiglossises\r
-\r
-The following words were dropped because they were included in the\r
-ENABLE2K "additional MW10 words" list, which contains MW10 words added\r
-after the preparation of the first version of ENABLE, as well as MW10\r
-words erroneously omitted from OSPD (see MW10ADD.DOC).\r
-\r
-bafflegab\r
-bafflegabs\r
-hypermedia\r
-plasmodesms\r
-tsimmeses\r
-tzimmeses\r
-viewdatas\r
-violoncellos\r
-\r
-Some of these words are plurals implied by MW10, but not explicitly\r
-listed.\r
-\r
-The following words were removed from the signature list because after\r
-the completion of the "plural reform" project, I was no longer confident\r
-of their correctness:\r
-\r
-panmixises\r
-spermathecas\r
-\r
-(The list continues to contain some plurals in which I have little\r
-confidence, but since these words were chosen by Mendel, I didn't feel it\r
-was up to me to remove them.)\r
-\r
-One of the points of the original signature word list was to suggest\r
-words which ought to be more widely recognized.  The appearance of some\r
-of these words, such as "hypermedia", in the latest edition of MW10 can be\r
-seen as a vindication of the concept.  The ENABLE2K list contains more\r
-trendy and thoroughly modern words, such as "intranet", "piercings",\r
-"rainforest" and "abductee".  Mendel and I will be quite surprised if many\r
-of these words are not adopted by revisions of MW10 and OSPD as time\r
-passes.\r
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-Scrabble is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.\r
-The OSPD is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.\r
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---Alan Beale\r