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Remember Rockwell?

Started by manalang · 9 months ago

Some of you may remember Rockwell, a.k.a. Kenneth William Gordy, the son of Motown Records head Berry Gordy, and his only hit, “Somebody’s Watching Me“. Released in 1984, the song featured Michael and Jermaine Jackson singing chorus.
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  • Vincent

    1 year ago

    I do remember Rockwell and his song and glad you mention it. One thing I want to ask is, I hope this not taken peronaly or too picky, what about using more plain English... for lots of non-native English speakers who are inspired by your postings. For example, I couldn't find the meaning "foxy" in the dictionary I have but only in Urban Dictionary. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=...)

    (BTW, I think Urban Dictionary is another 2.0 example)
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  • Jake

    1 year ago

    Sorry about that. I've misspelled moxie, which you can find in Webster's here:
    http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=moxie

    Thanks for noticing that.

    You're right about the Urban Dictionary, although I think its contributors fall into a more narrow demographic than say the Wikipedia's do, making it less broadly useful.

    Still, good example of New Web.
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