According to the AP English is about to get its billionth word. What's a thousandfold error among friends?
I'm sure its an honest error, but I can't help but feeling that in this age of plenty a million just doesn't sound the way it used to. A million words doesn't sound like much, but a billion! Ah, them's a lot of words.
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I'm sure its an honest error, but I can't help but feeling that in this age of plenty a million just doesn't sound the way it used to. A million words doesn't sound like much, but a billion! Ah, them's a lot of words.
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