If your correspondent was referring to the 1864 revision of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (of which there very well might have...
jdespres@...
Feb 1, 2005 1:58 pm
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Erin, I've only seen the 1828 and 1913 editions available electronically. The 1828 edition is searchable online here: http://www.christiansoup.com/ and is also...
When did Random House announce that it would no longer be in the business of producing new dictionaries or revising its existing ones? Was it 2003 or last...
Sidney Landau
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Feb 7, 2005 3:17 pm
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October of 2001. Time flies, eh? The wording wasn't that explicit; what they said was that they would not be undertaking any "new editorial initiatives" at...
Wendalyn Nichols
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Feb 7, 2005 4:43 pm
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Here is the text of the press release, verbatim. It is more "final" in tone than I remembered. --WRN The Random House Reference Group has long been a leading...
Wendalyn Nichols
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Feb 7, 2005 6:14 pm
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... Would it be worth anything to have all lexicographers who attend the Boston meeting in June (and are willing) sign a petition to RH asking that they make...
Luanne von Schneideme...
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Feb 7, 2005 6:21 pm
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... I believe we discussed this two years ago at a meeting of the DSNA Executive Board and agreed that it would be inappropriate for the DSNA to start making...
Yes, I brought it up then, and that was the consensus, although I'm not entirely sure I agree. I still wish there were some way to get the word out; I did try...
Wendalyn Nichols
wendalyn@...
Feb 7, 2005 6:55 pm
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Yes, it would be helpful. However, my impression of most commercial companies is that they don't like people meddling in their affairs. We would be about as...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Feb 7, 2005 7:43 pm
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David, that is exactly the scene I refer to whenever I want to describe what's happened to the files! WN Do you remember the last scene in the first Indiana...
Wendalyn Nichols
wendalyn@...
Feb 7, 2005 8:39 pm
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I am grateful to Philip Trauring for alerting us about getting a CD of the 1828 Webster's, which I have now done, but I must tell you that it is less than...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Feb 7, 2005 10:13 pm
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Thanks to everyone especially to Wendi Nichols for the information about RH. It's hard to believe this happened so long ago. CUP recently published a book...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Feb 7, 2005 10:35 pm
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Dear Wendalyn, The last scene shows a wide shot of a warehouse stacked to the ceiling with crates. Two workers are wheeling a crate containing the Arch of the...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Feb 7, 2005 11:19 pm
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From Barnhart, in part: "Two workers are wheeling a crate containing the Arch of the Covenant . . ." Is that something like the Holy Pail? [Non-text portions...
Laurence Urdang
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Feb 8, 2005 2:17 pm
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... I my humble opinion, (off-topic) I believe the government thinks everything they do is "holy"--actually it's more "full of holes." [Non-text portions of...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Feb 8, 2005 2:26 pm
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Anyone on this list who freelances lexicographically, is a native speaker of American English, lives in the US, and has some ESL experience (classroom ...
Orin Hargraves
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Feb 8, 2005 6:03 pm
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Regretfully, I can not join you at Boston. I am presently updating the mailing list for the New Zealand Dictionary Centre newsletter. Please send me your snail...
Dianne Bardsley
Dianne.Bardsley@...
Feb 9, 2005 11:39 pm
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Dear Dianne: As they say in the South of the U.S., I'd admire to get your newsletter. Thanks, John John Algeo P. O. Box 80206 Athens, GA 30608-0206 U.S.A. In a...
johnalgeo@...
Feb 10, 2005 2:23 am
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Well, that's not what we would say in the South of the Pacific!! I've added your name. Cheers Dianne ... From: johnalgeo@... [mailto:johnalgeo@...] ...
Dianne Bardsley
Dianne.Bardsley@...
Feb 10, 2005 2:26 am
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David, ... I'm ashamed to reveal my ignorance, but could you tell me more about the Dictionary of US Army terms? Thanks Julie Dr Julie Coleman Reader English...
I have read that Google intends to start covering some TV scripts that could be searched. Does anyone know if it already possible to do such searches and if...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Feb 15, 2005 10:18 pm
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... The search function is at http://video.google.com The current coverage is limited and the results don't give you access to the complete script, only the...
Which has this great quote: "Each instance of clinging to a dogmatic principle leads to an arrangement that does not suit our purpose and has to be abandoned, ...
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[Apologies for multiple postings.] CL Research is pleased to announce The Preposition Project (TPP), (http://www.clres.com/prepositions.html), designed to...
Ken Litkowski
ken@...
Feb 24, 2005 3:58 pm
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Thanks Erin. Susan, cc for Incomings Elizabeth ... From: Erin McKean [mailto:editor@...] Sent: 22 February 2005 16:19 To: DSNA@yahoogroups.com ...
KNOWLES, Elizabeth
elizabeth.knowles@...
Feb 28, 2005 7:50 am
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KNOWLES, Elizabeth would like to recall the message, "[DSNA] article about Wittgenstein's spelling dictionary"....
KNOWLES, Elizabeth
elizabeth.knowles@...
Feb 28, 2005 7:51 am
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John Morse asked me to post this to the list: At the meeting of the Lexicography Discussion Group last December, I suggested, and it was agreed, that the theme...
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