Dear all, The following message came to me. If you know of students who are interested please let them know. Deadline is in May. Luanne I take the liberty of...
Luanne von Schneideme...
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Apr 10, 2007 8:02 pm
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Sorry to use the list to do this. Frank, would you please send me your new e-mail address? Thanks. Luanne...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Apr 12, 2007 9:17 pm
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I am very sorry to forward the news that Robert Barnhart has passed away. There is a nice obituary in the White Plains paper, here: ...
The news of Robert's death reached me at about the same time as that of Kelsie Harder's passing, leading me to look over my shoulder to see if there is a...
Laurence Urdang
urdang@...
Apr 14, 2007 2:25 pm
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The fifteenth annual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) will be held in Minneapolis at the University of...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Apr 21, 2007 9:56 pm
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Unfortunately, because of insurmountable logistical issues, we will NOT be able to have an architectural boat tour downtown on Wednesday, June 13. Luckily,...
Dear Folks, If you are planning on attending the DSNA conference June 13-16 in Chicago, please do let me know by tomorrow, May 1. (By email is fine.) This is...
Erin, Just wondering if you got my registration form...and money, of course! I'm asking because _incoming_ mail has been very slow here. For example, I just...
Enid Pearsons
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Apr 30, 2007 7:44 pm
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Erin. Yes, I'll be there (I'm also giving a paper) and will send you the registration fees tomorrow, Tuesday. Best. --- Jerry Cohen ...
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
gcohen@...
May 1, 2007 1:54 am
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Dear Colleagues, This from Donna Farina. Condolences to the family and to friends. We will miss him. Luanne ... Subject: Prof. Ladislav Zgusta Date: Tue, 01...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
May 2, 2007 12:25 am
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A correspondent has asked me to say that she has a copy of the 1940 Library Guild, Inc. ed. of _Webster's Universities Dictionary of the English Language_. She...
Joan H. Hall
jdhall@...
May 4, 2007 7:45 pm
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Dear all, Below is an announcement for freelance work on a new Oxford project. I hope you will share this with any and all potential candidates, including...
Hello, All, I am collecting anecdotes about Ladislav Zgusta, who died recently. If you have a story, please send it to me. Sincerely, Donna Donna M. Farina,...
I am forwarding this job because it seems of interest to our crowd, but I am not doing the hiring and know nothing about the job. Use the email address given...
I want to thank Erin McKean on behalf of all of those who attended the just-concluded conference for her splendid work in preparing for it. I also want to...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Jun 18, 2007 3:48 pm
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Hear hear! Erin is a master musterer of people and processes. I would put her in charge of armies. David Barnhart did thank Erin early in the conference from...
Yes, indeed--huge thanks to Erin! It was a great conference all the way around.The silent auction was a wonderful addition to the festivities, but I'm sure it...
Joan H. Hall
jdhall@...
Jun 18, 2007 4:35 pm
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Thanks, Sidney, for reminding us all of the etiquette we no doubt learned while in knee-pants, to thank the host for all her efforts. So yes: Thank You Erin....
pheacock@...
Jun 18, 2007 5:05 pm
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Sidney Landau himslf deserves the thanks of all of us callous heels who have not already thanked Erin McKean. (John) Peter Maher Sidney Landau...
Yes, I fully support all those who have thanked Erin on this site, even though I thanked her in person. Although I am new to these conferences, I found that...
Dianne Bardsley
Dianne.Bardsley@...
Jun 19, 2007 1:12 am
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I am, upon reflection, particularly the one who should have thought to thank Erin publicly at the end, even though the end was rushed. I'm grateful to Sidney,...
tpratt@...
Jun 19, 2007 4:03 pm
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DSNA'ers: Erin made a good point to the group on Sat. night about the importance of `coining,' per se, not really being an important aspect of lexicography. I...
June 27, 2007: TshwaneDJe HLT announces the release of TshwaneLex Suite 3.0 TshwaneLex 3.0 is now available. This version contains many new features, and is...
Dear All, For Euralex (http://www.euralex.org) I set up the International Bibliography of Lexicography. Its URL is http://euralex.pbwiki.com. Its motto is...
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit." Is this the use of antistrophe or chiasmus? Well, here the use, or frequency of use, would take precedence over any...
This post will address a type of utterance that has only descriptive references -- not a general tag-type, and certainly not a category in the pantheon of...
Which is Corpus Conundrum Corpus Conundrus #1 Fellow word-people. I want to mention a point about the values of, and difficulties of, using corpora, as it...
We should all in the debt of Patrick Hanks for his superb obituary of John Sinclair in the latest edition of IJL. It gives just recognition to a giant in our...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Jul 7, 2007 8:19 pm
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Having worked in both British and American English quite extensively, I am aware of the differences in style, and, in some cases, offer only that the practices...
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