AWADnews
                                   August 2000


   CONTENTS:

   1. A.Word.A.Day in Media
   2. How Many People Receive A.Word.A.Day
   3. New Countries/Domains on the List
   4. Email Address of the Month AWArD
   5. Credits
   6. Administrivia

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1. A.Word.A.Day in Media

   A.Word.A.Day has been featured in the following places since the last
   update. If you have noticed it somewhere not listed below, please drop
   me a line at anu@wordsmith.org.

   o The Daily Telegraph (UK), July 8, 2000
   o WBFO Radio, July 13, 2000
   o Clicks Today, July 14, 2000
   o Popular Computer Week (China), July 24, 2000
   o The Courier Mail (Australia), July 25, 2000
   o Speak Up, (Italy), July 2000

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2. How Many People Receive A.Word.A.Day

   Over 300,000 people in more than 188 countries receive AWAD daily.
   The following table shows the distribution of addresses by domain name.

   This table, with the flags of these countries, can be seen at:
   http://wordsmith.org/awad/stats.html

   Domain  Count        %  Domain Description

   com    185116  59.4489  Commercial
   net     42023  13.4954  Network
   edu     25067   8.0501  Educational
   org      7006   2.2499  Non-Profit Organizations
   us       5785   1.8578  United States
   ca       5266   1.6911  Canada
   kr       5231   1.6799  South Korea
   au       4120   1.3231  Australia
   uk       3539   1.1365  United Kingdom
   in       2698   0.8664  India
   gov      2609   0.8379  Government
   de       1496   0.4804  Germany
   jp       1423   0.4570  Japan
   mil      1381   0.4435  USA Military
   cn       1300   0.4175  China
   br       1150   0.3693  Brazil
   za       1141   0.3664  South Africa
   pl       1105   0.3549  Poland
   sg        977   0.3138  Singapore
   nz        972   0.3122  New Zealand
   tw        950   0.3051  Taiwan
   es        606   0.1946  Spain
   fr        578   0.1856  France
   it        575   0.1847  Italy
   il        574   0.1843  Israel
   se        544   0.1747  Sweden
   my        483   0.1551  Malaysia
   mx        439   0.1410  Mexico
   ru        409   0.1313  Russian Federation
   vn        342   0.1098  Vietnam
   ie        333   0.1069  Ireland
   nl        325   0.1044  Netherlands
   id        296   0.0951  Indonesia
   ch        291   0.0935  Switzerland
   ar        286   0.0918  Argentina
   tr        265   0.0851  Turkey
   hk        254   0.0816  Hong Kong
   no        252   0.0809  Norway
   be        249   0.0800  Belgium
   th        213   0.0684  Thailand
   fi        203   0.0652  Finland
   ae        199   0.0639  United Arab Emirates
   dk        183   0.0588  Denmark
   pk        161   0.0517  Pakistan
   ph        154   0.0495  Philippines
   hu        145   0.0466  Hungary
   co        126   0.0405  Colombia
   cz        114   0.0366  Czech Republic
   at        113   0.0363  Austria
   gr        109   0.0350  Greece
   ua         97   0.0312  Ukraine
   int        85   0.0273  International
   ro         79   0.0254  Romania
   pt         73   0.0234  Portugal
   pe         71   0.0228  Peru
   sk         69   0.0222  Slovak Republic
   sa         67   0.0215  Saudi Arabia
   fm         62   0.0199  Micronesia
   yu         62   0.0199  Yugoslavia
   om         60   0.0193  Oman
   cl         56   0.0180  Chile
   ve         53   0.0170  Venezuela
   tt         51   0.0164  Trinidad and Tobago
   lb         43   0.0138  Lebanon
   lt         43   0.0138  Lithuania
   bg         42   0.0135  Bulgaria
   ne         40   0.0128  Niger
   si         40   0.0128  Slovenia
   hr         39   0.0125  Croatia
   bh         39   0.0125  Bahrain
   bm         38   0.0122  Bermuda
   ir         35   0.0112  Iran
   lk         33   0.0106  Sri Lanka
   uy         31   0.0100  Uruguay
   np         29   0.0093  Nepal
   cu         29   0.0093  Cuba
   su         29   0.0093  Former USSR
   bw         28   0.0090  Botswana
   cr         27   0.0087  Costa Rica
   is         27   0.0087  Iceland
   ee         27   0.0087  Estonia
   nu         25   0.0080  Niue
   lv         24   0.0077  Latvia
   eg         23   0.0074  Egypt
   to         23   0.0074  Tonga
   mr         20   0.0064  Mauritania
   zw         20   0.0064  Zimbabwe
   am         19   0.0061  Armenia
   bf         17   0.0055  Burkina Faso
   mt         17   0.0055  Malta
   cy         16   0.0051  Cyprus
   na         15   0.0048  Namibia
   ec         15   0.0048  Ecuador
   lu         15   0.0048  Luxembourg
   jm         15   0.0048  Jamaica
   bs         15   0.0048  Bahamas
   do         14   0.0045  Dominican Republic
   cc         14   0.0045  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
   ke         13   0.0042  Kenya
   lc         13   0.0042  Saint Lucia
   jo         13   0.0042  Jordan
   fo         12   0.0039  Faroe Islands
   qa         12   0.0039  Qatar
   ma         12   0.0039  Morocco
   fj         12   0.0039  Fiji
   ba         12   0.0039  Bosnia-Herzegovina
   sn         11   0.0035  Senegal
   kh         11   0.0035  Cambodia
   cm         11   0.0035  Cameroon
   kw         10   0.0032  Kuwait
   bo          9   0.0029  Bolivia
   vi          9   0.0029  Virgin Islands (USA)
   ge          9   0.0029  Georgia
   gy          9   0.0029  Guyana
   mu          9   0.0029  Mauritius
   py          9   0.0029  Paraguay
   by          8   0.0026  Belarus
   mk          8   0.0026  Macedonia
   hn          7   0.0022  Honduras
   ag          7   0.0022  Antigua and Barbuda
   mo          6   0.0019  Macau
   ng          6   0.0019  Nigeria
   gn          6   0.0019  Guinea
   bj          6   0.0019  Benin
   zm          6   0.0019  Zambia
   ml          6   0.0019  Mali
   md          6   0.0019  Moldova
   mg          6   0.0019  Madagascar
   as          6   0.0019  American Samoa
   cx          5   0.0016  Christmas Island
   kz          5   0.0016  Kazakhstan
   cd          5   0.0016  Congo
   gt          5   0.0016  Guatemala
   gh          4   0.0013  Ghana
   pa          4   0.0013  Panama
   ad          4   0.0013  Andorra
   mz          4   0.0013  Mozambique
   uz          4   0.0013  Uzbekistan
   sz          4   0.0013  Swaziland
   ci          4   0.0013  Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)
   bn          4   0.0013  Brunei Darussalam
   az          4   0.0013  Azerbaijan
   ni          4   0.0013  Nicaragua
   ky          4   0.0013  Cayman Islands
   ug          4   0.0013  Uganda
   et          3   0.0010  Ethiopia
   an          3   0.0010  Netherlands Antilles
   nc          3   0.0010  New Caledonia (French)
   gi          3   0.0010  Gibraltar
   ye          3   0.0010  Yemen
   pg          3   0.0010  Papua New Guinea
   mn          2   0.0006  Mongolia
   ws          2   0.0006  Samoa
   pr          2   0.0006  Puerto Rico
   tc          2   0.0006  Turks and Caicos Islands
   tz          2   0.0006  Tanzania
   tg          2   0.0006  Togo
   li          2   0.0006  Liechtenstein
   bb          2   0.0006  Barbados
   kg          2   0.0006  Kyrgyzstan
   gm          2   0.0006  Gambia
   dm          1   0.0003  Dominica
   je          1   0.0003  Jersey
   ga          1   0.0003  Gabon
   td          1   0.0003  Chad
   mm          1   0.0003  Myanmar
   gs          1   0.0003  S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Islands
   tm          1   0.0003  Turkmenistan
   aw          1   0.0003  Aruba
   pf          1   0.0003  French Polynesia
   al          1   0.0003  Albania
   ms          1   0.0003  Montserrat
   sr          1   0.0003  Suriname
   mv          1   0.0003  Maldives
   bz          1   0.0003  Belize
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   Total  311387
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   In addition to the above list of countries, AWAD's readership includes:

   Angola (ao)
   Anguilla (ai)
   Bangladesh (bd)
   Belize (bz)
   Grenada (gd)
   British Virgin Islands (vg)
   British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
   Haiti (ht)
   Malawi (mw)
   Rwanda (rw)
   Comoros (km)
   Antarctica (aq)
   Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla (kn)
   Northern Mariana Islands (mp)
   Guam (gu)
   Marshall Islands (mh)
   French Guiana (gf)
   Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (pm)
   El Salvador (sv)

   These places do not appear in the above table because the subscribers
   use addresses with a different domain. If you are from a country not
   listed here, drop me a line at anu@wordsmith.org and I'll add your
   country to this list.

   Stats on Address Lengths:
   Mean               :  20.116
   Median             :  19
   Mode               :  18
   Standard Deviation :   4.544
   Longest address    : 117 characters, 
I_cant_believe_people_make_up_such_long_addresses_just_to_get_honorably_mentio
ned_in_the_AWAD_monthly_email@phord.com (Phil Hord)
   Shortest address   :   6 characters, s@s.to (Stonewall Ballard)

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3. New Countries/Domains on the List

   Isle of Man (im)

   Welcome aboard!

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4. Email Address of the Month AWArD

   This month the AWArD goes to:

   size-13@bigfoot.com (Matt Kane)

   If you know of an unusual email address that is funny or clever, you are
   welcome to send your nomination to anu@wordsmith.org.

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5. Credits

   o AWAD is created by Anu Garg (anu@wordsmith.org).
   o Tip o' the hat to Todd J. Derr (tjd@wordsmith.org) for care and feeding
     of the computer that houses the wordserver, and keeping it smoothly
     running (thus providing an exception to Murphy's Law).
   o Thanks to Stuti Garg (stuti@wordsmith.org) of Namix (http://namix.com)
     for recording word pronunciations in her melodic voice.
   o Thanks to Emery Reiff (emery@wordsmith.org) copy editor par excellence,
     for making sure all i's are dotted and t's crossed.
   o Thanks to Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. (http://www.lhsl.com)
     for permission to use the American Heritage Dictionary, 3e., in AWAD.
     Their lawyers have asked us to add this: The American Heritage(R)
     Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright 1992, 1996
     by Houghton Mifflin Company. Used with permission from Lernout & Hauspie
     Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
   o Thanks to Electric Library (http://www.elibrary.com) for help with
     citation sources.
   o Thanks to Northern Light Search (http://www.northernlight.com/)
     for assistance with citation research.
   o Special thanks to all the linguaphiles who have joined and made the
     list what it is.

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