On 9/19/2009 11:33 PM Greg Ewing said...
It's possible that some individuals do this more frequently than others, e.g. mathematicians and other people who are in the habit of exploring new ideas may be less influenced by the constraints of language than the general population.
As I recall Shakespeare (to use one of his many spellings) is one of the largest contributers of new words to the English language...
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