Terminology for Europeans (and beyond) Pre-congress International Symposium and Workshop on Terminology (Leeuwarden, July 5-6, 2010) On July, 5, i.e. the day...
Hello, DSNA friends: I've received an announcement of a full-time bilingual & computational lexicography position. See below. LB Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. English...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 19, 2010 1:13 am
Professor Liberman is a scholar, not a netymologist. His remarks on "squaw" are accurate. Those of the netymologists who challenge him are not. They recite....
Dear All, The provisional programme of the 14th Euralex International Congress, to be held in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands from 6 - 10 July 2010, is available...
Lexicography Literature. Papers addressing fiction or poetry that involves dictionaries or their makers as an operating conceit. 500-word abstracts by 1 March...
Dear Colleague, This is to inform you that further information regarding the forthcoming AFRILEX 2010 conference -- to be held at the University of Botswana,...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 27, 2010 7:10 am
DSNA, except for Professor Liberman, neglects etymology. The industry dictionaries and the netymologists look it up in the dictionary. In the present case...
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Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro@...
Feb 27, 2010 12:09 pm
I agree with the Troll's comments about etymology in general, but if he is saying that the term "hooker" is not found before the US Civil War, this is quite...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 27, 2010 2:08 pm
Hookers before the US Civil War were not prostitutes. The lexicography of hooker (as 'prostitute') is anachronism and belongs on the shelf with the JFK...
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David Barnhart
dbarnhart@...
Feb 27, 2010 8:31 pm
(1) This thread seems not to have dealt with the issue of “non-existent evidence.” It seems to be a bit of a stretch to say (if I’m reading this...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 27, 2010 9:40 pm
A first: Most modern etymologists try to refrain from using such inflammatory terms as “alleged” in place of “recorded.” Barnhart: "alleged" is...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 27, 2010 10:38 pm
 A lexicographic first for Mr. Barnhart: The word alleged is "inflammatory". More anon. jpm aka Troll ... From: David Barnhart <dbarnhart@...> ...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 27, 2010 11:44 pm
parameters: hooker* AND prostitute* just for starters Try BROWSE SEARCH proximity OR Boolean.... Write when you find ONE locus where hooker(s) means...
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Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro@...
Feb 28, 2010 1:54 am
There may be some validity to Mr. Maher's points about the 1835 and 1845 citations for _hooker_ being uncertain in their precise meaning. But the 1859...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 28, 2010 6:19 am
Mr. Shapiro wrote: "... the 1859 citation is much harder to dismiss."Â He's right. In fact it's impossible, that is, to dismiss what doesn't exist....
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 28, 2010 9:39 am
Felice Quinto, one of the models for Fellini’s pesky Dolce Vita photographer died on 19 January 2010, at age 80. Paparazzo is a not uncommon Italian surname....
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Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro@...
Feb 28, 2010 11:32 am
Is Mr. Maher saying that "HOOKER. A resident of the Hook, i. e. a strumpet, a sailor's trull. So called from the number of houses of ill-fame frequented by...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 28, 2010 1:42 pm
Bartlett has the lemma hooker in the 1859 edition, but discarded it in the 1877 (4th) edition on. ... From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro@...> Subject:...
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Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro@...
Feb 28, 2010 1:57 pm
Thanks to Mr. Maher for acknowledging the clearcut citation for _hooker_ 'prostitute' prior to the Civil War. I appreciate his enthusiasm for etymology, but...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 28, 2010 2:04 pm
 Before thew Civil War were women ever brought up on charges of being “hookers”? Yes, but before the heyday of General Joe hooker a woman charged as a...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 28, 2010 2:15 pm
 I acknowledged that hooker is in 1859 Bartlett, It was dropped in 1877 Bartlett. You are gratuitously saying I acknowledged it means 'whore'. You put words...
Dear All, New on the Euralex Bibliography of Lexicography web site: a list of Reference Portals, by R.R.K. Hartmann. Go to http://euralex.pbworks.com/ to find...
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J P Maher
jpmaher@...
Feb 28, 2010 5:19 pm
"Alleged" is the term news people use to avoid the charge of pre-judgment or bias.Debunkers of the General Joe Hooker story have not done their homework and...
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Carolin Müller-Spi...
mueller-spitzer@...
Mar 2, 2010 11:29 am
Dear colleagues, the Institute for German Language in Mannheim is working in a “Online Bibliography of Electronic Bibliography (OBELEX)” which is available...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Mar 12, 2010 9:32 pm
Hey, lovers of lexicography, I've been challenged by a historical linguist to have lexicography step up to the plate and help out the Linguist List. They're...
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Dumas, Bethany K
dumasb@...
Mar 25, 2010 7:49 pm
I need some information about the current value of copies of the 1924 single-volume edition of Webster's 1st Int'l - and suggestions about how to repair...
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Victoria Neufeldt
v.neufeldt@...
Mar 26, 2010 2:43 am
Hello, Bethany: I suggest you contact Madeline Kripke, a longtime DSNA member and a collector and seller of dictionaries for many years. I can't think of...
Forwarded on behalf of Sarah Ogilvie: Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. English Department , Buffalo State College, SUNY Work: 716-878-4049; Fax: 716-878-5700;...
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Stefan Dollinger
dstefan@...
Apr 9, 2010 10:32 pm
Dear colleagues: This job ad has just come out (see below). The Strathy Language Unit as Queen's is of vital importance to the study of Canadian English and...
