All Normally I would not post such a long inclusion, but this one is just too good -- and apt -- to pass up. The official declaration comes in the 10th ...
Arnold Z pointed out in a longish post earlier today (not cc'd here) that this case of Fox and Franken hinges on the Fox trademark of "Fair and Balanced". Now...
Might be of interest: COBOS revises Southern Colorado Spanish Dictionary - Hispania News, CO <http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2003/08/14/01.htm> A...
This was sent via my friend Daniel and it was just too awful not to pass along. Rima Webster's dictionary editors met to decide how to abridge the new ...
Some readers might be interested to know that OED now offers monthly access to OED Online, at a rate of $29.95/month to American subscribers (North and South...
On page 78 of Simon Winchester's The Meaning of Everything: the story of the Oxford English Dictionary, appears the following: "while in the company of a host...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Oct 21, 2003 5:40 pm
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It's the name of the ne'er-do-well son in the book "Diary of a Nobody," a very funny parody of British bourgeois suburban life. Here's a link to some reviews: ...
Rejoice in public corpora: Amazon is making 120,000 of its books full-text searchable on its site. That is, the contents of the books, not just the metadata....
The Washington Post noted a few days a new Google operator "define:" (note the colon). Put this in front of a word or phrase and Google will retrieve all...
Ken Litkowski
ken@...
Nov 3, 2003 7:22 pm
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031105/law063_1.html Of course, they think M-W is in Boston, so maybe they'll never show up....
Please, don't anybody correct them! Maybe it isn't such a bad thing that most users don't read the front matter. Joanne ... Joanne M. Despres, Senior Editor ...
jdespres@...
Nov 6, 2003 4:40 pm
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I have noticed that the word "casualties," which traditionally referred to all military personnel rendered unfit for duty because of injury, illness, or death,...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Nov 6, 2003 7:01 pm
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Merriam-Webster is not in Boston, but the competitor is. It's interesting that MW's 11th Collegiate Dictionary defines "KIA" as "Killed in action". ... front ...
... I don't have any citations to back it up (I haven't looked), but speaking personally, I grew up thinking that _casualty_ referred to fatalities, and I had...
I agree with Jesse. I didn't learn until the last decade (b. Florida 1943) that "casualties" included wounded. Incidentally, last night Dan Rather mentioned...
mary l. clayton
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Nov 7, 2003 3:30 pm
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I think casualties/fatalaties is a bit like oatmeal/rolled oats; people often say one, vaguely knowing that technically they mean the other, but they count on...
Orin Hargraves
orinkh@...
Nov 7, 2003 8:16 pm
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A conference of possible interest to DSNA members. The conferece's list of suitable session topics includes (as item number 1) "traditional applications of...
Geoffrey A. Huth
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Nov 7, 2003 10:18 pm
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I meant "we the people" or writers or speakers generally. I would never deign to speak for lexicographers! Sidney ... From: "Orin Hargraves" <orinkh@...> ...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Nov 7, 2003 10:32 pm
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Hello. I am trying to find out if Norman Lewis (1912-) is still alive. I am also trying to find a copy of his "Modern Thesaurus of Synonyms" (formerly...
Barbara Ann, Check out www.bookfinder.com. You can find copies described as very good and fine for $5 or $15. Geof Huth On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:23:44 -0000...
Geoffrey A. Huth
geofhuth@...
Nov 12, 2003 10:53 pm
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... I remember reading in our local paper just a few days before this message from Sidney about casualties in Iraq. It included both dead and wounded. Luanne...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Nov 15, 2003 6:38 pm
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Just a reminder that proposals for the Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award for 2004 are due Dec. 1. They should be sent to David Jost, DSNA president. More info can...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Nov 25, 2003 3:25 am
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Forwarding for Sue Atkins, who is having list problems ... (if anyone else is having list problems, please let me know!) Erin ... [Non-text portions of this...
For those who might be interested: I have completed the third and last volume of _Dictionary of 1913 Baseball And Other Lingo_; subtitle: _Primarily from the ...
Gerald Cohen
gcohen@...
Dec 2, 2003 6:39 pm
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Any takers? This is all the info I have. Luanne...
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