Dear Mr. Wachal, Yes, keeping track of people can be a problem. But it must be borne in mind that most people listed in biographical dictionaries are fairly...
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Robert Wachal
robert-wachal@...
Jan 25, 2005 11:59 pm
I am a DSNA member and locally I serve on the board of the Foundation of the city library. A question came up recently. Suppose someone donated a life...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Jan 25, 2005 4:14 pm
Folks, An email query has come in, asking if there is a version of the "1867 Webster" available electronically. Any help or leads appreciated ... Thanks! Erin...
Here is a summary of some corpus tools, from the Corpora list. ... Summary follows: Sylvain Loiseau suggested XQuery langage, which is a w3c standard: "XQuery...
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Robert Parks
rqparks
Dec 29, 2004 9:04 pm
I had used NISUS word processor for several years. It is a Mac program, with easy to use GREP utilities for reformatting. But NISUS recently "improved"; the...
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Dave Wilton
dwilton0
Dec 28, 2004 5:49 pm
I've begun using Endnote 8.0 for collecting usage citations. It's not really designed for this, but it is easily configured and is superb for recording and...
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Jesse Sheidlower
jsheidlower
Dec 28, 2004 3:44 pm
... ^^^^ "Perl"! It's "Perl"! Aargh. A programming language created by a linguist, for what it's worth. Jesse Sheidlower OED...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Dec 28, 2004 3:30 pm
That would be a good topic, too. Although I think that even with a proprietary system, you end up cobbling together tools you didn't think of at the RFP stage...
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Wendalyn Nichols
wendalyn@...
Dec 28, 2004 3:15 pm
It might be well worthwhile, as part of the discussion, to talk about the relative merits of cobbled-together systems versus more expensive options for...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Dec 28, 2004 2:35 am
Bob, Thanks! I think this is an excellent topic for the list. We have some file-hosting space under Yahoo!Groups for keeping files or info that we might want...
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Robert Parks
rqparks
Dec 27, 2004 10:50 pm
Greetings: I would like to pose a question to this DSNA list. Would any of you be interested in sharing information on software utilities, tools, systems, etc...
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Coleman, Dr J.M.
coleman_julie
Dec 15, 2004 2:01 pm
How about clergyman for a chimney-sweep? The earliest citation I can find is from Kent's dictionary of 1835. Also clargy, in Bee's dictionary in 1823. Young...
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Douglas G. Wilson
douglas@...
Dec 14, 2004 11:01 pm
... Not very exciting, but maybe "sweep-chimney", called "obsolete or dialectal" by OED. -- Doug Wilson...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Dec 14, 2004 8:58 pm
From GW Hunt, in New Zealand, comes the following query. If you can help him at all please e-mail him at gwhunt@.... He just called me; he's very keen...
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Jesse Sheidlower
jsheidlower
Dec 14, 2004 7:31 pm
... Probably "ramoneur";, which has one citation in OED but I think has shown up on lists of odd words in the past. Also, "flue-faker" is in a few British slang...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Dec 14, 2004 7:25 pm
We are looking for the archaic word used to describe a chimney sweep. ___________________ That is the whole of a message I received. Can anyone help? Thanks. ...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Dec 14, 2004 7:12 pm
You can tell that I'm cleaning up a little e-mail? Please respond to Shelagh Little. Thanks. Luanne...
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Coleman, Dr J.M.
coleman_julie
Dec 7, 2004 1:30 pm
Dear all, If you would be interested in taking part in a discussion group about slang, and have a professional/scholarly interest in the field, please send an...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Nov 17, 2004 12:04 am
Don't forget that the deadline for applying for the Urdang-DSNA Award for 2005 is December 1. We welcome applications of up to $2,500. Please send your...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Nov 11, 2004 6:56 pm
... The call has been posted on the meeting website, available through the DSNA website (location may change, but it will always be accessible from the DSNA...
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Robert Wachal
robert-wachal@...
Nov 10, 2004 11:48 pm
Has the call for papers for the next meeting been issued yet, and if not, when can we expect it? What will be the deadline for submission of abstracts?...
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Philip Trauring
trauring
Nov 1, 2004 2:16 am
Several years ago I filed and was issued a patent related to the production of dictionaries. It's application is not exclusive to the production of...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Oct 26, 2004 7:59 pm
Is there a due date set for abstracts for the 2005 meeting as yet? Thanks! Erin...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Oct 21, 2004 9:21 pm
From Northjersey.com, pasted because their registration is very intrusive: These pupils not at loss for a word Thursday, October 21, 2004 By WALTER DAWKINS ...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Oct 15, 2004 6:07 pm
I received this a few days ago. If you are interested, please contact him directly. Luanne...
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Cohen, Gerald Leonard
gcohen@...
Oct 14, 2004 1:40 am
Yesterday I sent this message to ads-l; today I'm sending it to DSNA. ***** This is a request to see how many members would be interested in purchasing (or...
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bkipfer
Oct 6, 2004 7:35 pm
Here is the response from Linguist List, in case anyone is interested: We've looked into your problem, and, just to be on the safe side, we have checked our...
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Deborah W. Anderson
dwanders@...
Oct 5, 2004 4:24 am
Dear Barbara, I know the LinguistList crew, or most of them. I would try Michael Appleby (michael@...). He is very computer-savvy and may be able...
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bkipfer
Oct 4, 2004 12:19 pm
Hi. When I use Linguist List, my Norton Firewall tells me, "A recent attempt to attack your computer was blocked." I have tried writing to Linguist List and...
