AWADnews
                                 September 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 Mercury (Australia), Aug 2, 2000
   o The Louisville Courier-Journal, Aug 14, 2000
   o The San Jose Mercury News, Sep 17, 2000

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

   Over 320,000 people in more than 189 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    191809  59.8399  Commercial
   net     42452  13.2440  Network
   edu     25402   7.9248  Educational
   org      7337   2.2890  Non-Profit Organizations
   us       5963   1.8603  United States
   ca       5352   1.6697  Canada
   kr       5126   1.5992  South Korea
   au       4215   1.3150  Australia
   uk       3615   1.1278  United Kingdom
   in       2800   0.8735  India
   gov      2671   0.8333  Government
   de       1576   0.4917  Germany
   mil      1445   0.4508  USA Military
   jp       1421   0.4433  Japan
   cn       1305   0.4071  China
   pl       1284   0.4006  Poland
   za       1196   0.3731  South Africa
   br       1188   0.3706  Brazil
   nz        991   0.3092  New Zealand
   sg        987   0.3079  Singapore
   tw        947   0.2954  Taiwan
   es        643   0.2006  Spain
   it        619   0.1931  Italy
   fr        604   0.1884  France
   il        587   0.1831  Israel
   se        543   0.1694  Sweden
   mx        522   0.1629  Mexico
   my        490   0.1529  Malaysia
   ru        425   0.1326  Russian Federation
   ie        357   0.1114  Ireland
   vn        343   0.1070  Vietnam
   nl        326   0.1017  Netherlands
   id        309   0.0964  Indonesia
   ch        302   0.0942  Switzerland
   ar        299   0.0933  Argentina
   hk        266   0.0830  Hong Kong
   tr        263   0.0820  Turkey
   be        252   0.0786  Belgium
   no        249   0.0777  Norway
   th        229   0.0714  Thailand
   fi        202   0.0630  Finland
   ae        202   0.0630  United Arab Emirates
   dk        193   0.0602  Denmark
   pk        161   0.0502  Pakistan
   ph        158   0.0493  Philippines
   hu        145   0.0452  Hungary
   co        130   0.0406  Colombia
   cz        123   0.0384  Czech Republic
   at        114   0.0356  Austria
   gr        110   0.0343  Greece
   ua         97   0.0303  Ukraine
   int        86   0.0268  International
   ro         82   0.0256  Romania
   fm         77   0.0240  Micronesia
   pt         76   0.0237  Portugal
   pe         76   0.0237  Peru
   sk         73   0.0228  Slovak Republic
   sa         68   0.0212  Saudi Arabia
   om         60   0.0187  Oman
   yu         60   0.0187  Yugoslavia
   cl         57   0.0178  Chile
   ve         56   0.0175  Venezuela
   lt         50   0.0156  Lithuania
   tt         50   0.0156  Trinidad and Tobago
   lb         44   0.0137  Lebanon
   bg         42   0.0131  Bulgaria
   ne         41   0.0128  Niger
   si         39   0.0122  Slovenia
   bm         39   0.0122  Bermuda
   cr         39   0.0122  Costa Rica
   hr         39   0.0122  Croatia
   bh         38   0.0119  Bahrain
   ir         35   0.0109  Iran
   uy         34   0.0106  Uruguay
   lk         32   0.0100  Sri Lanka
   np         30   0.0094  Nepal
   su         30   0.0094  Former USSR
   ee         30   0.0094  Estonia
   cu         28   0.0087  Cuba
   bw         27   0.0084  Botswana
   lv         27   0.0084  Latvia
   is         26   0.0081  Iceland
   to         24   0.0075  Tonga
   eg         24   0.0075  Egypt
   nu         23   0.0072  Niue
   mr         21   0.0066  Mauritania
   am         20   0.0062  Armenia
   zw         18   0.0056  Zimbabwe
   mt         17   0.0053  Malta
   cc         17   0.0053  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
   bf         17   0.0053  Burkina Faso
   lu         15   0.0047  Luxembourg
   ec         15   0.0047  Ecuador
   na         15   0.0047  Namibia
   fj         15   0.0047  Fiji
   do         15   0.0047  Dominican Republic
   jm         15   0.0047  Jamaica
   cy         15   0.0047  Cyprus
   lc         14   0.0044  Saint Lucia
   ma         14   0.0044  Morocco
   bs         14   0.0044  Bahamas
   ke         14   0.0044  Kenya
   qa         13   0.0041  Qatar
   jo         13   0.0041  Jordan
   ba         12   0.0037  Bosnia-Herzegovina
   fo         12   0.0037  Faroe Islands
   cm         11   0.0034  Cameroon
   kh         11   0.0034  Cambodia
   bo         10   0.0031  Bolivia
   sn         10   0.0031  Senegal
   vi          9   0.0028  Virgin Islands (USA)
   as          9   0.0028  American Samoa
   ge          9   0.0028  Georgia
   gy          9   0.0028  Guyana
   py          8   0.0025  Paraguay
   mk          8   0.0025  Macedonia
   kw          8   0.0025  Kuwait
   mu          8   0.0025  Mauritius
   zm          8   0.0025  Zambia
   ky          7   0.0022  Cayman Islands
   ng          7   0.0022  Nigeria
   hn          7   0.0022  Honduras
   by          7   0.0022  Belarus
   bj          6   0.0019  Benin
   mg          6   0.0019  Madagascar
   mo          6   0.0019  Macau
   ml          6   0.0019  Mali
   md          6   0.0019  Moldova
   ag          6   0.0019  Antigua and Barbuda
   gn          6   0.0019  Guinea
   gt          5   0.0016  Guatemala
   cx          5   0.0016  Christmas Island
   kz          5   0.0016  Kazakhstan
   cd          5   0.0016  Congo
   ad          5   0.0016  Andorra
   az          5   0.0016  Azerbaijan
   gh          4   0.0012  Ghana
   pa          4   0.0012  Panama
   ni          4   0.0012  Nicaragua
   sz          4   0.0012  Swaziland
   ci          4   0.0012  Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)
   mz          4   0.0012  Mozambique
   ug          4   0.0012  Uganda
   bn          4   0.0012  Brunei Darussalam
   et          3   0.0009  Ethiopia
   uz          3   0.0009  Uzbekistan
   gi          3   0.0009  Gibraltar
   nc          3   0.0009  New Caledonia (French)
   pg          3   0.0009  Papua New Guinea
   ye          3   0.0009  Yemen
   tg          2   0.0006  Togo
   pr          2   0.0006  Puerto Rico
   gm          2   0.0006  Gambia
   li          2   0.0006  Liechtenstein
   td          2   0.0006  Chad
   tz          2   0.0006  Tanzania
   ms          2   0.0006  Montserrat
   kg          2   0.0006  Kyrgyzstan
   je          2   0.0006  Jersey
   ws          2   0.0006  Samoa
   bb          2   0.0006  Barbados
   tc          2   0.0006  Turks and Caicos Islands
   an          2   0.0006  Netherlands Antilles
   tm          2   0.0006  Turkmenistan
   ga          1   0.0003  Gabon
   sy          1   0.0003  Syria
   gs          1   0.0003  S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Islands
   mv          1   0.0003  Maldives
   al          1   0.0003  Albania
   mn          1   0.0003  Mongolia
   mm          1   0.0003  Myanmar
   dm          1   0.0003  Dominica
   pf          1   0.0003  French Polynesia
   bz          1   0.0003  Belize
   sr          1   0.0003  Suriname
   dz          1   0.0003  Algeria
   aw          1   0.0003  Aruba
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   Total  320537
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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               :  20.134
   Median             :  19
   Mode               :  18
   Standard Deviation :   4.540
   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

   Syria (sy)

   Welcome aboard!

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4. Email Address of the Month AWArD

   This month the AWArD goes to:

   killmenow@positive-thinking.com (Sari)

   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 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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