Anne Curzan: What makes a word "real"?

Prevodilac: Tijana Mihajlović Lektor: Ivana Krivokuća

I need to start by telling you a little bit

Treba da počnem tako što ću vam reći

nešto o svom društvenom životu,

about my social life,

which I know may not seem relevant,

što se, znam, ne čini relevantnim,

but it is.

ali jeste.

When people meet me at parties

Kada me ljudi upoznaju na žurkama

and they find out that I'm an English professor

i saznaju da sam profesor engleskog jezika

who specializes in language,

koji se specijalizuje u jezicima,

they generally have one of two reactions.

uglavnom imaju jednu od dve reakcije.

One set of people look frightened. (Laughter)

Jedan deo ljudi izgleda prepadnuto. (Smeh)

They often say something like,

Često kažu nešto kao:

"Oh, I'd better be careful what I say.

„Oh, bolje da pazim šta ću da kažem.

I'm sure you'll hear every mistake I make."

Siguran sam da ćeš čuti svaku grešku koju napravim”,

And then they stop talking. (Laughter)

a onda prestanu da pričaju. (Smeh)

And they wait for me to go away

Čekaju da odem

and talk to someone else.

da pričam sa nekim drugim.

The other set of people,

Druga grupa ljudi -

their eyes light up,

njihove oči zasvetle

and they say,

i kažu:

"You are just the person I want to talk to."

„Vi ste upravo ona osoba sa kojom želim da razgovaram”,

And then they tell me about whatever it is

a onda mi kažu šta god misle

they think is going wrong with the English language.

da je pogrešno u engleskom jeziku.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

A couple of weeks ago, I was at a dinner party

Pre nekoliko nedelja, bila sam na jednoj večeri

and the man to my right

i čovek sa moje desne strane

started telling me about all the ways

počeo je da mi priča o svim načinima

that the Internet is degrading the English language.

na koje internet degradira engleski jezik.

He brought up Facebook, and he said,

Spomenuo je Fejsbuk i rekao:

"To defriend? I mean, is that even a real word?"

„Defrendovati? Mislim, da li je to uopšte prava reč?”

I want to pause on that question:

Želim da zastanem kod tog pitanja.

What makes a word real?

Šta čini neku reč stvarnom?

My dinner companion and I both know

Moje društvo za večerom i ja znamo

what the verb "defriend" means,

šta glagol „defrendovati” znači,

so when does a new word like "defriend"

ali kada nova reč kao „defrendovati”

become real?

postaje stvarna?

Who has the authority to make those kinds

Ko uopšte ima ovlašćenje da donese

takvu zvaničnu odluku o rečima?

of official decisions about words, anyway?

Those are the questions I want to talk about today.

To su pitanja o kojima želim danas da pričam.

I think most people, when they say a word isn't real,

Mislim da većina ljudi,

kada kažu da reč nije stvarna,

what they mean is, it doesn't appear

zapravo misli na to

da se ne pojavljuje

in a standard dictionary.

u standardnom rečniku.

That, of course, raises a host of other questions,

To, naravno, otvara brojna pitanja,

including, who writes dictionaries?

uključujući i pitanje ko piše rečnike.

Before I go any further,

Pre nego što odem dalje,

let me clarify my role in all of this.

dozvolite mi da razjasnim

svoju ulogu u svemu ovome.

I do not write dictionaries.

Ja ne pišem rečnike.

I do, however, collect new words

Ipak, ja sakupljam nove reči,

much the way dictionary editors do,

slično načinu

na koji to rade uređivači rečnika,

and the great thing about being a historian

a odlična stvar u poslu istoričara engleskog jezika

of the English language

is that I get to call this "research."

je u tome što ovo mogu da nazovem „istraživanjem”.

When I teach the history of the English language,

Kada predajem istoriju engleskog jezika,

I require that students teach me

tražim od studenata

two new slang words before I will begin class.

da me nauče 2 nove reči iz slenga pre početka časa.

Over the years, I have learned

Tokom godina, naučila sam

some great new slang this way,

odlične nove reči iz slenga na ovaj način,

including "hangry," which --

uključujući „gladnomrzljiv”

(Applause) —

which is when you are cranky or angry

što znači da ste mrzovoljni ili besni zato što ste gladni,

because you are hungry,

and "adorkable,"

ili „smotoljiv”

which is when you are adorable

što znači da ste neodoljivi na pomalo smotan način.

in kind of a dorky way,

clearly, terrific words that fill

Jasno, izvanredne reči koje će popuniti

important gaps in the English language.

važne praznine u engleskom jeziku. (Smeh)

(Laughter)

But how real are they

Ipak, koliko su te reči stvarne

if we use them primarily as slang

ako ih prevashodno koristimo kao sleng

and they don't yet appear in a dictionary?

a još uvek se ne pojavljuju u rečniku?

With that, let's turn to dictionaries.

Kada smo kod toga, hajde da se okrenemo rečnicima.

I'm going to do this as a show of hands:

Uradiću ovo kao podizanje ruku.

How many of you still regularly

Koliko vas redovno konsultuje rečnike

refer to a dictionary, either print or online?

u štampanom ili elektronskom obliku?

Okay, so that looks like most of you.

Okej, to izgleda kao većina vas.

Now, a second question. Again, a show of hands:

Sada drugo pitanje. Opet, podizanje ruku:

How many of you have ever looked to see

Koliko vas je ikada pogledalo da vidi

who edited the dictionary you are using?

ko je uređivao rečnik koji koristite?

Okay, many fewer.

Okej, prilično manji broj.

At some level, we know that there are human hands

Donekle znamo da ljudske ruke stoje iza rečnika,

behind dictionaries,

but we're really not sure who those hands belong to.

ali nismo baš sigurni čije su to ruke.

I'm actually fascinated by this.

Ovo me u stvari fascinira.

Even the most critical people out there

Čak i najkritičniji ljudi

tend not to be very critical about dictionaries,

skloni su da ne budu mnogo kritični u vezi rečnika,

not distinguishing among them

ne praveći razliku između njih

and not asking a whole lot of questions

i ne postavljajući gomilu pitanja

about who edited them.

o tome ko ih je uredio.

Just think about the phrase

Samo razmislite o frazi

"Look it up in the dictionary,"

„potraži u rečniku”,

which suggests that all dictionaries

koja sugeriše da su svi rečnici

are exactly the same.

potpuno isti.

Consider the library here on campus,

Razmislite o biblioteci u ovom studentskom gradu,

where you go into the reading room,

gde odlazite u čitaonicu

and there is a large, unabridged dictionary

i gde se nalazi ogromno, kompletno izdanje rečnika

up on a pedestal in this place of honor and respect

na pijedestalu, na počasnom i poštovanom mestu,

lying open so we can go stand before it

koji je izložen otvoren kako bismo mogli stati ispred njega

to get answers.

da bismo dobili odgovore.

Now, don't get me wrong,

Nemojte me shvatiti pogrešno.

dictionaries are fantastic resources,

Rečnici su fantastični izvori,

but they are human

ali su proizvod ljudi

and they are not timeless.

i nisu vanvremenski.

I'm struck as a teacher

Iznenađena sam kao profesorka

that we tell students to critically question

da govorimo studentima da kritički pristupaju svakom tekstu

every text they read, every website they visit,

koji pročitaju, svakom sajtu koji posete,

except dictionaries,

osim rečnicima,

which we tend to treat as un-authored,

koje obično tretiramo kao da su bez autora,

as if they came from nowhere to give us answers

kao da su došli niotkuda da nam daju odgovore

about what words really mean.

o tome šta reči stvarno znače.

Here's the thing: If you ask dictionary editors,

Evo o čemu se radi: ako pitate uređivače rečnika,

what they'll tell you

oni će vam reći

is they're just trying to keep up with us

da samo pokušavaju da održe korak s nama

as we change the language.

dok menjamo jezik.

They're watching what we say and what we write

Prate šta pričamo i pišemo

and trying to figure out what's going to stick

i pokušavaju da otkriju

šta će se zadržati, a šta neće.

and what's not going to stick.

They have to gamble,

Moraju da rizikuju

because they want to appear cutting edge

zato što žele da ostave utisak savremenosti

and catch the words that are going to make it,

i obuhvate reči koje će opstati,

such as LOL,

kao što je „LOL”,

but they don't want to appear faddish

ali ne žele da deluju pomodarski

and include the words that aren't going to make it,

i obuhvate reči koje neće opstati,

and I think a word that they're watching right now

a mislim da je trenutno reč

is YOLO, you only live once.

koju posmatraju „YOLO” -

samo jednom se živi.

Now I get to hang out with dictionary editors,

Družim se sa uređivačima rečnika

and you might be surprised

i možda ćete biti iznenađeni

by one of the places where we hang out.

jednim od mesta gde se srećemo.

Every January, we go

Svakoga januara,

to the American Dialect Society annual meeting,

odlazimo na godišnji sastanak Društva američkog dijalekta,

where among other things,

gde, između ostalog,

we vote on the word of the year.

glasamo za reč godine.

There are about 200 or 300 people who come,

Tamo bude oko 200 ili 300 ljudi koji dođu,

some of the best known linguists in the United States.

neki su od najpoznatijih lingvista u Sjedinjenim Državama.

To give you a sense of the flavor of the meeting,

Da vam približim atmosferu sastanka -

it occurs right before happy hour.

dešava se tačno pred sniženje cena pića.

Anyone who comes can vote.

Svako ko dođe može da glasa.

The most important rule is

Najvažnije pravilo je da možete da glasate samo jednom rukom.

that you can vote with only one hand.

In the past, some of the winners have been

U prošlosti, neki od pobednika bili su

"tweet" in 2009

„tvit” 2009. godine

and "hashtag" in 2012.

i „hašteg” 2012. godine.

"Chad" was the word of the year in the year 2000,

„Čed” bila je reč

za 2000. godinu,

because who knew what a chad was before 2000,

jer ko je pre 2000. znao šta je to,

and "WMD" in 2002.

i „WMD” za 2002. godinu.

Now, we have other categories in which we vote too,

Postoje i druge kategorije

za koje takođe glasamo,

and my favorite category

a moja omiljena je

is most creative word of the year.

najkreativnija reč godine.

Past winners in this category have included

Raniji pobednici u ovoj kategoriji su

"recombobulation area,"

„područje rekombobulacije”

which is at the Milwaukee Airport after security,

koje se nalazi na aerodromu u Milvokiju posle sigurnosne provere,

where you can recombobulate.

gde možete da se rekombobulationišete. (Smeh)

(Laughter)

You can put your belt back on,

Možete da opet stavite svoj kaiš,

put your computer back in your bag.

vratite kompjuter u torbu.

And then my all-time favorite word at this vote,

Zatim, moja omiljena reč sa ovog glasanja za sva vremena -

which is "multi-slacking."

multi-zabušavanje.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And multi-slacking is the act

A multi-zabušavanje

of having multiple windows up on your screen

je kada imate otvorene prozore na ekranu

so it looks like you're working

pa izgleda kao da radite,

when you're actually goofing around on the web.

dok se zapravo zezate na internetu.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

Will all of these words stick? Absolutely not.

Da li će se sve ove reči zadržati? Sigurno neće.

And we have made some questionable choices,

Napravili smo i neke sumnjive izbore,

for example in 2006

na primer, 2006. godine,

when the word of the year was "Plutoed,"

kada je reč godine bila „plutonisan”

to mean demoted.

sa značenjem „degradiran”.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But some of the past winners

Ipak, neki od prethodnih pobednika

now seem completely unremarkable,

sada se čine sasvim uobičajenim,

such as "app"

kao što su „ap”

and "e" as a prefix,

„e” kao prefiks

and "google" as a verb.

i „guglati” kao glagol.

Now, a few weeks before our vote,

Nekoliko nedelja pre našeg glasanja,

Lake Superior State University

Državni univerzitet Lejk Superior

issues its list of banished words for the year.

objavljuje listu zabranjenih reči za tu godinu.

What is striking about this

Interesantno je da postoji

is that there's actually often quite a lot of overlap

prilično veliko preklapanje

between their list and the list that we are considering

između njihove liste i one koju razmatramo

for words of the year,

za reči godine,

and this is because we're noticing the same thing.

a ovo se dešava zbog toga što primećujemo iste stvari.

We're noticing words that are coming into prominence.

Primećujemo reči koje počinju da se ističu.

It's really a question of attitude.

To je u stvari pitanje stava -

Are you bothered by language fads and language change,

da li vam smetaju jezičke novine i promena jezika

or do you find it fun, interesting,

ili nalazite da je to zabavno, interesantno,

something worthy of study

nešto što je vredno proučavanja

as part of a living language?

kao deo živog jezika.

The list by Lake Superior State University

Lista Državnog univerziteta Lejk Superior

continues a fairly long tradition in English

nastavlja u engleskom jeziku prilično dugu tradiciju

of complaints about new words.

nezadovoljstva novim rečima.

So here is Dean Henry Alford in 1875,

Evo Dina Henrija Alforda 1875. godine

who was very concerned that "desirability"

koji je bio veoma zabrinut

da je „poželjnost” zaista grozna reč.

is really a terrible word.

In 1760, Benjamin Franklin

Godine 1760, Bendžamin Frenklin

wrote a letter to David Hume

napisao je pismo Dejvidu Hjumu

giving up the word "colonize" as bad.

priznajući da je reč „kolonizovati” loša.

Over the years, we've also seen worries

Tokom godina, videli smo i zabrinutost

about new pronunciations.

zbog novih izgovora.

Here is Samuel Rogers in 1855

Evo Semjuela Rodžersa 1855. godine

who is concerned about some fashionable pronunciations

koji je zabrinut zbog nekih pomodnih izgovora

that he finds offensive,

koje smatra uvredljivim

and he says "as if contemplate were not bad enough,

i kaže: „kao da reč 'kontemplirati' nije dovoljno loša,

balcony makes me sick."

od reči „balkon” mi je muka”.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

The word is borrowed in from Italian

Reč je pozajmljena iz italijanskog

and it was pronounced bal-COE-nee.

i izgovarala se kao bal-KOU-ni.

These complaints now strike us as quaint,

Ove žalbe nam se sad čine čudne,

if not downright adorkable -- (Laughter) --

ako ne i stvarno „smotoljive" - (Smeh) -

but here's the thing:

ali znate šta:

i dalje se prilično uzbuđujemo oko promene jezika.

we still get quite worked up about language change.

I have an entire file in my office

Imam celu fasciklu u svojoj kancelariji

of newspaper articles

sa novinskim člancima

koji izražavaju zabrinutost oko nelegitimnih reči

which express concern about illegitimate words

that should not have been included in the dictionary,

koje ne treba da su uključene u rečnik,

including "LOL"

u šta spada i „LOL”

when it got into the Oxford English Dictionary

kada je ušla u Oksfordski engleski rečnik

and "defriend"

i „defrendovati”

when it got into the Oxford American Dictionary.

kada je ušla u Oksfordski američki rečnik.

I also have articles expressing concern

Imam i članke koji izražavaju zabrinutost

about "invite" as a noun,

zbog reči „pozivnica” kao imenice,

"impact" as a verb,

„uticati” kao glagola,

because only teeth can be impacted,

zato što samo zubi mogu biti impaktirani,

and "incentivize" is described

a „podsticanje” se opisuje

as "boorish, bureaucratic misspeak."

kao „dosadno, birokratsko nepropisno izražavanje”.

Now, it's not that dictionary editors

Nije baš slučaj da uređivači rečnika

ignore these kinds of attitudes about language.

ignorišu ovakve stavove o jeziku.

They try to provide us some guidance about words

Pokušavaju da nam obezbede informacije o rečima

that are considered slang or informal

koje se smatraju slengom, ili neformalnima,

or offensive, often through usage labels,

ili uvredljivima, često kroz oznake korišćenja,

but they're in something of a bind,

ali one su često nejasne

because they're trying to describe what we do,

zato što pokušavaju da opišu šta radimo

and they know that we often go to dictionaries

i znaju da se često okrećemo rečnicima

to get information about how we should use a word

da bismo dobili informacije o tome kako da koristimo reč

well or appropriately.

pravilno ili prikladno.

In response, the American Heritage Dictionaries

Kao odgovor na to, rečnici „Američkog nasledstva”

include usage notes.

uključuju oznake korišćenja.

Usage notes tend to occur with words

Oznake korišćenja obično se javljaju sa rečima

that are troublesome in one way,

koje su problematične u nekom smislu,

and one of the ways that they can be troublesome

a jedan od načina na koji mogu biti problematične

is that they're changing meaning.

je da menjaju značenje.

Now usage notes involve very human decisions,

Oznake korišćenja uključuju ljudske odluke,

and I think, as dictionary users,

a mislim da ih, kao korisnici rečnika,

we're often not as aware of those human decisions

često nismo svesni

as we should be.

kao što bi trebalo.

To show you what I mean,

Da bih vam pokazala šta mislim,

we'll look at an example, but before we do,

pogledaćemo jedan primer,

ali pre nego što to uradimo,

I want to explain what the dictionary editors

želim da vam objasnim čime uređivači rečnika

are trying to deal with in this usage note.

pokušavaju da se bave u ovoj uređivačkoj oznaci.

Think about the word "peruse"

Razmislite o reči „pregledati”

and how you use that word.

i kako je koristite.

I would guess many of you are thinking

Pretpostavljam da mnogi od vas razmišljaju

of skim, scan, reading quickly.

o brzom bacanju pogleda, skeniranju, brzom čitanju.

Some of you may even have some walking involved,

Neki od vas će u to uključiti čak i hodanje,

because you're perusing grocery store shelves,

zato što pregledavate police radnje

or something like that.

ili nešto slično tome.

You might be surprised to learn

Možda vas iznenadi saznanje da,

that if you look in most standard dictionaries,

ako pogledate većinu standardnih rečnika,

the first definition will be to read carefully,

prva definicija je „pažljivo čitati”

or pore over.

ili „pažljivo prostudirati”.

American Heritage has that as the first definition.

„Američko nasledstvo” ima to kao prvu definiciju.

They then have, as the second definition, skim,

Zatim imaju, kao drugu definiciju, „letimice pogledati”,

and next to that, they say "usage problem."

a pored toga kažu „problem sa upotrebom”.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And then they include a usage note,

Zatim uključuju belešku za upotrebu

which is worth looking at.

koju vredi pogledati.

So here's the usage note:

Dakle, evo je:

"Peruse has long meant 'to read thoroughly'...

„Pregledati je dugo značilo temeljno čitati...

But the word is often used more loosely,

ali reč se češće slobodnije koristi

to mean simply 'to read.'...

da označava jednostavno čitati...

Further extension of the word to mean 'to glance over, skim,'

Dalje proširenje reči u značenju 'letimično, brzo pogledati'

has traditionally been considered an error,

tradicionalno se smatra greškom,

but our ballot results suggest that it is becoming

ali rezultati našeg glasanja ukazuju

da to postaje donekle prihvatljivije.

somewhat more acceptable.

When asked about the sentence,

Kada su ih upitali u vezi sa rečenicom:

'I only had a moment to peruse the manual quickly,'

'Imao sam samo trenutak da brzo pregledam priručnik',

66 percent of the [Usage] Panel

66 procenata Komisije za upotrebu

found it unacceptable in 1988,

smatralo je da je neprihvatljiva 1988. godine,

58 percent in 1999,

58 procenata 1999. godine,

and 48 percent in 2011."

a 48 procenata 2011. godine."

Ah, the Usage Panel,

Ah, Komisija za upotrebu,

that trusted body of language authorities

to telo od poverenja sačinjeno od jezičkih stručnjaka,

who is getting more lenient about this.

koje postaje blaže po ovom pitanju.

Now, what I hope you're thinking right now is,

Nadam se da trenutno mislite:

"Wait, who's on the Usage Panel?

„Čekaj, ko je u Komisiji za upotrebu

And what should I do with their pronouncements?"

i šta da radim sa njihovim izjavama?”

If you look in the front matter

Ako pogledate početni deo

of American Heritage Dictionaries,

rečnika „Američkog nasleđa”,

you can actually find the names

zapravo možete naći imena

of the people on the Usage Panel.

ljudi koji se nalaze u toj Komisiji.

But who looks at the front matter of dictionaries?

Ali, ko još gleda u početni deo rečnika?

There are about 200 people on the Usage Panel.

Ima negde oko 200 ljudi u Komisiji za upotrebu.

They include academicians,

Uključuju akademike,

journalists, creative writers.

novinare, kreativne pisce.

There's a Supreme Court justice on it

Ima tu i ljudi iz Vrhovnog suda

and a few linguists.

i nekoliko lingvista.

As of 2005, the list includes me.

Počevši od 2005. godine, lista uključuje i mene.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Here's what we can do for you.

Evo šta možemo da uradimo za vas.

We can give you a sense

Možemo vam predstaviti

spektar mišljenja o spornom korišćenju.

of the range of opinions about contested usage.

That is and should be the extent of our authority.

To jesu i trebalo bi da budu naša ovlašćenja.

We are not a language academy.

Nismo akademija jezika.

About once a year, I get a ballot

Jednom godišnje, dobijem glasački listić

that asks me about whether new uses,

koji mi postavlja pitanje da li su nove upotrebe,

new pronunciations, new meanings, are acceptable.

novi izgovori, nova značenja prihvatljivi.

Now here's what I do to fill out the ballot.

Evo šta radim da bih popunila listić -

I listen to what other people are saying and writing.

slušam šta drugi ljudi pričaju i pišu.

I do not listen to my own likes

Ne slušam sopstvene preferencije

and dislikes about the English language.

i nenaklonosti o engleskom jeziku.

I will be honest with you:

Biću iskrena sa vama:

I do not like the word "impactful,"

ne sviđa mi se reč „uticajan”,

but that is neither here nor there

ali to ništa ne znači u smislu

in terms of whether "impactful" is becoming common usage

da li upotreba reči „uticajan” postaje uobičajena

and becoming more acceptable in written prose.

ili prihvatljivija u pisanoj prozi.

So to be responsible,

Da budem odgovorna,

what I do is go look at usage,

ono što radim je pregledavanje upotrebe,

which often involves going to look

što često uključuje pregled

at online databases such as Google Books.

onlajn baza podataka

kao što su Gugl knjige.

Well, if you look for "impactful" in Google Books,

Ako potražite „uticajan” na Gugl knjigama,

here is what you find.

evo šta ćete naći.

Well, it sure looks like "impactful"

Sigurno je da se reč „uticajan”

is proving useful

pokazala korisnom za određene pisce

for a certain number of writers,

and has become more and more useful

a postala je sve korisnija

over the last 20 years.

tokom poslednjih 20 godina.

Now, there are going to be changes

E, sad, biće promena u jeziku

that all of us don't like in the language.

koje se neće sviđati svima.

There are going to be changes where you think,

Biće takvih promena da ćete pomisliti:

"Really?

„Stvarno?

Does the language have to change that way?"

Da li jezik mora tako da se promeni?”

What I'm saying is,

Ono što govorim je

we should be less quick

da bi trebalo manje da žurimo

to decide that that change is terrible,

sa zaključkom da je ta promena grozna,

we should be less quick to impose

treba da manje žurimo da drugima nametnemo

our likes and dislikes about words on other people,

ono što nam se sviđa ili ne sviđa kod reči

and we should be entirely reluctant

i da ne bi trebalo da olako zaključujemo

to think that the English language is in trouble.

da je engleski jezik u nevolji.

It's not. It is rich and vibrant and filled

Nije. Bogat je, živ

with the creativity of the speakers who speak it.

i prepun kreativnosti onih koji njime govore.

In retrospect, we think it's fascinating

Gledano unazad, mislimo da je fascinantno

that the word "nice" used to mean silly,

da je reč „fino” nekada označavala „budalasto”,

and that the word "decimate"

a da je reč „desetkovati”

used to mean to kill one in every 10.

označavala ubiti jednog na svakih deset.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

We think that Ben Franklin was being silly

Mislimo da je Ben Frenklin bio blesav

to worry about "notice" as a verb.

što je brinuo o „primetiti” kao glagolu.

Well, you know what?

Pa, znate šta?

We're going to look pretty silly in a hundred years

Mi ćemo izgledati prilično blesavo

za 100 godina

for worrying about "impact" as a verb

što smo zabrinuti oko glagola „uticati”

and "invite" as a noun.

i „pozivnice” kao imenice.

The language is not going to change so fast

Jezik se neće tako brzo promeniti

that we can't keep up.

da ne možemo da održimo korak sa tim.

Language just doesn't work that way.

Jezik prosto tako ne funkcioniše.

I hope that what you can do

Nadam se da možete

is find language change not worrisome

da shvatite jezik ne kao zabrinjavajući,

but fun and fascinating,

već kao zabavan i fascinantan,

just the way dictionary editors do.

na isti način kao što to rade uređivači rečnika.

I hope you can enjoy being part

Nadam se da ćete uživati što ste deo

of the creativity that is continually remaking

kreativnosti koja stalno stvara jezik

our language and keeping it robust.

i održava ga snažnim.

So how does a word get into a dictionary?

Kako reč postane deo rečnika?

It gets in because we use it

Tako što je koristimo

and we keep using it,

i nastavljamo da je koristimo,

and dictionary editors are paying attention to us.

a uređivači rečnika obraćaju pažnju na nas.

If you're thinking, "But that lets all of us decide

Ako mislite: „Ali to dozvoljava svima nama da odlučimo

what words mean,"

šta reči znače”,

I would say, "Yes it does,

rekla bih vam: „Da, tako je,

and it always has."

i oduvek je tako i bilo”.

Dictionaries are a wonderful guide and resource,

Rečnici su sjajan vodič i izvor,

but there is no objective dictionary authority out there

ali ne postoji spoljašnji objektivni autoritet za rečnike

that is the final arbiter about what words mean.

koji je vrhovni arbitar koji odlučuje šta reč znači.

If a community of speakers is using a word

Ako zajednica govornika koristi reč

and knows what it means, it's real.

i zna šta ona znači - stvarna je.

That word might be slangy,

Ta reč može biti šatrovačka,

that word might be informal,

može biti neformalna,

that word might be a word that you think

može biti reč koju smatrate

is illogical or unnecessary,

nelogičnom ili bespotrebnom,

but that word that we're using,

ali ta reč koju koristimo -

that word is real.

ta reč je stvarna.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)