Kieren McCarthy's dot-nxt conference site includes a sort of unofficial "Expression of Interest"
It's titled "All Applicants of new gTLDs" and its at
http://dot-nxt.com/applicants/all
About 110 applicants in here so far.
3 brands
26 Community-based
34 generic terms
47 geographic
Only a few are IDN candidates, BTW.
Does this list cover most of the strings you folks have heard about?
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Steve DelBianco
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NetChoice
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http://blog.netchoice.org
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