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Your year ahead in three words
Your year ahead in three words
2009-09-24 23:22:16 UTC
2009-09-26 00:10:12 UTC
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As leaders prepare for the G20 summit in Pittsburgh to discuss the global economic crisis and how to prevent it happening again, we want your thoughts. This word cloud shows the featured most frequently used words you sent to us to describe your year ahead (Wordle.net) Are we on the road to recovery? How do you feel about the year ahead? As world leaders discuss the global economic crisis at the G20 summit, BBC website readers have been sharing their outlook for the year ahead in three words. Using only three words, we would like you to tell us what next year will mean to you. We have been publishing selections of these thoughts and illustrating the most popular words sent in using tag clouds. Are you optimistic about the future, or will you have to struggle to make ends meet? Below is a brief selection of the three word comments sent to us. Whatever your circumstances, try to condense into three words and please let us know, using the form on the right. class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/8275693.stm" >More three word comments sent to us on Friday 25 September Or, if you feel even more creative, send your three words on a picture or a video. For details see right hand side. class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/8272659.stm" >More three word comments sent to us on Thursday 24 September Read some of the comments we have received from 0800 to 1300 GMT.Read your comments from 1300 to 1800 GMT Thursday 24 September. See how the word cloud reflects the most commonly used words. Comments sent to us on Friday 25 September between 1300 and 1800 GMT This word cloud reflects the most commonly used words featured in your three word phrases between 1300 and 1800 GMT Friday 25 September (wordle.net) Affordable housing please writes lain from Stornoway, Scotland No more bailoutswrites Arun Mehta from Mumbai, India Get my dreamswrites Wafi from Kabul, Afghanistan More three word comments sent to us on Friday 25 September Comments sent to us on Friday 25 September between 0800 and 1300 GMT This word cloud shows the most frequently used words you sent to us between 0800 and 1300 GMT on Friday 25 September (Wordle.net) Can't Borrow Money writes Mike, Hadleigh, UK Need for saving writes Anna S, Oulu, Finland Grow more vegetableswrites Karl, Essex, UK More three word comments sent to us on Friday 25 September Comments sent to us between Thursday 24 September at 1800 and Friday 25 September at 0800 GMT This word cloud shows the most frequently used words you sent to us between midnight and 08:00 GMT on Friday 25 September(Wordle.net) Unemployed low wageswrites Namgay Wangchuk from Thimphu, Bhutan Simplicity simplicity simplicity writes Elbabell from Sydney, Australia More Obama Betrayals writes Bill Fusroy from Pittsburgh, PA, USA More three word comments sent to us on Thursday 24 September Comments sent to us between 1300 and 1700 GMT on Thursday 24 September This word cloud reflects the most commonly used words featured in your three word phrases between 1300 and 1700 GMT Thursday 24 September (wordle.net) Exciting world aheadwrites Marc from Dresden, Germany No lessons learnedwrites an anonymous contributor from Lancashire, UK Keep saving hardwrites Steve from Montrose, UK More three word comments sent to us on Thursday 24 September Comments sent to us between 0800 and 1300 GMT on Thursday 24 September This word cloud shows the featured most frequently used words you sent to us to describe your year ahead (Wordle.net) Pragmatic, reluctant toilwrites Tom Urwin from Loughborough, UK Pragmatic, reluctant toilwrites Tom Urwin from Loughborough, UK Forced retirement, povertywrites Don Cox from Middlesbrough, UK Forced retirement, povertywrites Don Cox from Middlesbrough, UK Cut unnecessary spendingwrites R Dawson from Shetland, UK Cut unnecessary spendingwrites R Dawson from Shetland, UK Flaws not eliminated Robert Peston, BBC Business editor class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/8272659.stm" >More three word comments sent to us on Thursday 24 September Recovery? Where is?writes Claire Bullivant from London, UK Tighten your belt!tweets jim_herd Where's my Job!writes Anonymous Unemployment, inflation, bankruptcywrites Sam Berk from Charlottesville, UK Onwards and upwardswrites Paul Parkinson from Sidcup, UK Downing Street blueswrites Karen Norris from Peterhead, UK Clean energy todaytweets MrsElsieE Three million unemployedwrites Clive Norris from Peterhead, UK Bankrupt collapsing USA!writes LC Brown from Longmont Double dip recessionwritesChas Holmes from Perth, Australia Best year yetwrites Paul from Derbyshire, UK Buy good winewrites Leslie J Russo from San Rafael, California, US Start being optimistic! Chris, London, UKJobless, homeless, hungrywrites Nigel Cousins from Houston, US Change of careerwrites Gray Chandler from Potters Bar, UK A new carwrites James Love from York, UK I have survivedwrites Mark Fleming from Dublin, Ireland Get a jobwrites Dan Young from Maidstone, UK Work without compensationwrites Stephen Smoliar from San Francisco, US Massive job losseswrites Rob from Leicester, UK Fruitless job huntingwrites Samantha Le Sommer from Edinburgh, UK Live and learnwrites Jo Bowker from Brighton, UK General election apathywrites Frances from Shropshire, UK Positivity creativity investmentwrites Wendy B Limited from Ash Green, UK Bankrupt collapsing USAwrites L C Brown from Longmont, Colorado, US Doubtlessly still unemployed writes Andy M from Rotherham, UKWatching wobbly markets Tim Weber, BBC News website Business editorRetirement looms thankfullytweets Sherb13 Doom and gloomwrites Alan Armitage from Bury, England Retired, moved abroadwrites John Walters from Caerffili, Wales Move, warmer climatewrites Paul in Frankfurt, Germany What recession? Bankerwrites a banker from Southampton, UK Lies and taxwrites Keith from East Lothian, UK Double dip recessionwrites Frank in Salisbury, UK No hot waterwrites Lynne Barnes from Natwich We are stuffedwrites Phil from Liverpool Gordon Brown Outwrites K J Benjafield from Wallington, UK Going down soonwrites Saut from Singapore No big bonuseswrites Anonymous from Melbourne, Australia Inflation devalued savingswrites A Smith from Bangkok, Thailand Will happen again Michael, CanadaDrastically diminished savingswrites Daplatt from the US Will happen againwrites Michael Wright from Toronto, Canada Buy more goldwrites David Hyre from Stirling, UK Get more debtwrites Robert Meek from Rotorua, New Zealand Rising interest, inflationwrites Jack Hanley from London Gloom, doom despondancywrites Dennis Huteson from Southampton, UK Wonderful year aheadwrites Sujal P from Ahmedabad, India Struggle, struggle, hopewrites Khanjan Langalia from Hounslow, UK Not much hopewrites Joseph Morgan from Dublin, Ireland Cynical struggling doubtfulwrites Chris Hannant from Poole, UK Business as usualwrites John LeVasseur from Andover, USA Lower house priceswrites Steve from Fleet, UK Much better offwrites Peter Hickey from Bristol, UK End is nighwrites Michael Gallant, London, UK Future is Pittsburghwrites Buddy in Pittsburgh, USA Happier every daywrites Megan from Cheshire, UK Regime change nowtweets benarchibald I need valium!tweets MrsElsieE Bankers still greedywrites Glenn Gregory from London, UK Nowhere near overwrites Robin Ward from Hanover, Germany Bad bankers rulewrites Lola Knight from Doha, Qatar Not a lotwrites The Pessimist from Guildford, UK Bankers never learnwrites Ian Jackson from Newquay, UK Keep smiling everyonewrites Ian from Preston, UK Need the forcewrites a Jedi from Swindon, UK Downturn drowns Brown Teraknor on TwitterBoom! Bang! Crash!writes Adrian from Cheshire, UK Bye bye Brownwrites Andrea from Peterborough, UK Buy cheap sportscarwrites Roger from Macclesfield, UK All vote nowwrites Terry Sheehan from Bourne, UK Thanks for nothingwrites Dave McAra from Mons, Belgium Spend, spend, spendwrites Martin Holland from Horley, UK Descent into chaoswrites Martin Elton from Thornbury, UK Stone broke graduatewrites a student from Newcastle, UK Survive massive cutswrites David Richardson from Stowmarket UK Opportunity favours bravewrites Mark Readman from Leeds, UK Stone broke graduate A student, Newcastle, UKStill treading waterwrites John Hodgson from Congleton, UK Emigration new startwrites Jono G from Bradford on Avon, UK Hope springs eternalwrites Robert Wilmot from Moutiers les Mauxfaits, France No pay increasewrites Mazza in Cheshunt, UK Total financial meltdownwrites Merv from Marton, NZ Inflation, inflation, inflation writes Neal Ferris from Malaga, SpainHang in therewrites Mac Bruce from Harefield, UK Stop working unpaidwrites Cliff Hanley from Bristol, UK Unstoppable liquidity diarrhoeawrites Karthik Ramesh from Mumbai, India Long hard slogwrites Rick Knutsford, UK Faith depsite circumstanceswrites Wendy Hadley from Sorbiers, France Boldly moving forwardwrites Garry Wingrove from Youlgreave, UK Slow faltering growthwrites Margaret from Epping, UK Uncertainty, caution, hopewrites Wayne Winterbottom from Oldham, UK End of Labourwrites James from Portadown, UK Wait and seewrites James in North Yorkshire, UK Keep buggering onwrites Edward Grimm from Warsaw, Poland Wait and see James, North Yorkshire, UKThings getting betterwrites Gill from Wilmslow, UK Outlook very goodwrites Terence Hardcastle from Driffield, UK Too much newswrites John Parry from Nohic, France Bankers bilking customerswrites D Coates from Eastbourne, UK House price crashwrites Paul from Birmingham, UK Worldwide woe awaitswrites Jack Dunlop from Knutsford, UK More of samewrites Anthony Pozniak from Uxbridge, UK Gordon's Gone - Hooray!writes Phil Brown from Torquay, UK More affordable housingwrites Steve from Leicester, UK Same government lieswrites Steve from Leicester, UK More affordable housingwrites Ron from Rapid City, US Worse to comewrites Brian Key from Chalford, UK Carry on regardlesswrites D.Manuel from Sittingbourne, UK Maintain defensive optimismwrites C Homer from Burton, UK Wondering where nextwrites Dave Farrell from South Yorkshire, UK Keep smiling everyone Ian, Preston, UKCuts, more cutswrites Chander Hingorani in London, UK Increase interest ratewrites Martin Emmerson from Bromley, UK Darling buds wiltingwrites Kiran Raichura from London, UK Goodbye Gordon Brownwrites Alistair Ferguson in Hawick, UK Worse to comewrites Brian Key in Chalford, UK Can't get worsewrites Jim from Banff, UK Gloom, redundancies, disastrouswrites Andrea Lightfoot in Birkenhead, UK The toughest yetwrites Heidi Brand Only get worsewrites J S Shaw from Bradford, UK The Greater Depressionwrites Fred Hause in London, UK Read your comments from 1300 to 1800 GMT Thursday 24 September. See how the word cloud reflects the most commonly used words.
