The majority of spoken sentences are being said for the first time ever
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Etaoin Shrdlu
on May 24, 2007
-- Steven Pinker in The Language Instinct, I think, but I don't have a copy to hand and any inaccuracy is all my own work, of course.
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First time ever in history or by that speaker.
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History.
Hard to say. Much of what I say day to day is pretty mundane stuff.
Was that intended inaccuracy just to prove your point?
;)
I say a lot of things I've said before. Lots of people use tag style lines. A friend of mine "does stuff" an awful lot.
Robin, sadly not. I have this unfortunate habit of reading a book, thinking "that was absolutely brilliant!" and foisting it onto some unsuspecting friend that they may share in the joy. My copy of GEB is in London atm, and The Language Instinct I have no clue to.
"My copy of GEB is in London atm, and The Language Instinct I have no clue to" is probably an example of something never said before, but this is an exception
There's now an IRC bot that enforces this.
love the bot :)