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And it is that explosive growth in the use of the English language worldwide that makes this dictionary so important.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nigel Newton, Managing Editor, Bloomsbury Publishing \u003cbr/\u003eThe dictionary has sparked claims in Britain that it aims to eradicate the traditionally recognised \"Queen's English\".\u003cbr/\u003eBut Newton believes that as the millennium approaches, it is time to take a broader view of the language.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The English language today is being dominated by influences from all over the world so it's inevitable that these influences will begin to rival those of the mother tongue itself. In this book we seek to celebrate the diversity and richness of the English language worldwide rather than sticking to some ossified version of English as it was in a particular year. The very strength of English is its adaptability.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nigel Newton, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr/\u003eThe Encarta World English Dictionary is the first book of its kind to be published simultaneously in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's also the first time that print and the electronic media have worked in tandem to produce a work of this kind.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough Newton is quick to acknowledge the power of the Internet, he does not believe it will ever fully replace the written word.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Internet will be the dominant information provider of the 21st century, there's no doubt whatsoever about that. But the book will, however, thrive and flourish alongside of it, particularly in the case of a dictionary. A book remains the fastest random access instrument known to man due to the speed with which you can look up a word.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nigel Newton, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr/\u003eKathy Rooney has been in charge of 320 lexicographers, based all over the world, pulling the dictionary together in secret.\u003cbr/\u003eThey all had to sign confidentiality agreements to prevent the idea being stolen as they were working. \u003cbr/\u003eThe dictionary is being printed using Microsoft's powerful Encarta brand, which publishes a globally used encyclopaedia on the Internet.\u003cbr/\u003eBritish-based Encyclopaedia Britannica recently bowed to the force of the Internet and announced it would no longer be publishing its books in printed form any longer.\u003cbr/\u003eRooney firmly believes the Internet is the tool of the future.\u003cbr/\u003eShe can see a day when it could take over the telephone as the primary form of communication.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the Internet has a huge future as a communication medium, as a marketing medium, as a repository of language. There are hundreds of (M) millions, probably (B) billions of words on the Internet already. Most of these, which is good for us, most of these words are in English and yes it will be a huge help to communication. It's actually bringing back the written word and perhaps taking over from telephones in some ways - let's wait and see.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Kathy Rooney, Editor-in-chief, Encarta World English Dictionary\u003cbr/\u003eBut Rooney rejects any notion that her dictionary is an attempt to dominate the world's language of communication.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says it allows many other countries' previously overlooked variations on the English language to come into their own. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we are doing is actually putting on a world stage the many varieties of English that have never been there before. People know that there's British English, there are these small islands off the coast of Europe that started the whole thing. American English - hugely important, but we've included Canadian English, Malaysian English, Singaporean English. We met our Hong Kong advisor for the first time  - she's been with us for three years - she was in London yesterday. It's been a worldwide operation in order to reflect all the varieties of English and the world that are now very important and have never before been celebrated in a dictionary of this type.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Kathy Rooney, Editor-in-chief, Encarta World English Dictionary\u003cbr/\u003eBloomsbury hopes the dictionary will be the largest reference book ever published - they already have a staggering 400-thousand orders worldwide for the printed dictionary.\u003cbr/\u003e London, United Kingdom - 30 July 1999 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Nigel Newton into Bloomsbury Publishing headquarters\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE Nigel Newton, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr/\u003e3. Newton at desk\u003cbr/\u003e4. Newton with zoom in to Encarta Dictionary on computer\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE Nigel Newton, Managing Editor, Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan from fans to workroom where dictionary compiled\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE Nigel Newton, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr/\u003e8. Kathy Rooney and colleague looking at dictionary\u003cbr/\u003e9. Dictionary with World English definition\u003cbr/\u003e10. Rooney and colleague\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE Kathy Rooney, Editor-in-chief, Encarta World English Dictionary\u003cbr/\u003e12. Lexicographers at work \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE Kathy Rooney, Editor-in-chief, Encarta World English Dictionary\u003cbr/\u003e14. 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