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...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Apr 12, 2007 9:17 pm
Sorry to use the list to do this. Frank, would you please send me your new e-mail address? Thanks. Luanne...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Apr 14, 2007 12:37 pm
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: ...
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Laurence Urdang
urdang@...
Apr 14, 2007 2:25 pm
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...
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Michael Hancher
mh@...
Apr 21, 2007 9:56 pm
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...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Apr 30, 2007 6:50 pm
Unfortunately, because of insurmountable logistical issues, we will NOT be able to have an architectural boat tour downtown on Wednesday, June 13. Luckily,...
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Erin McKean
editorverbatim
Apr 30, 2007 6:50 pm
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...
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Enid Pearsons
e.pearsons@...
Apr 30, 2007 7:44 pm
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...
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Cohen, Gerald Leonard
gcohen@...
May 1, 2007 1:54 am
Erin. Yes, I'll be there (I'm also giving a paper) and will send you the registration fees tomorrow, Tuesday. Best. --- Jerry Cohen ...
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Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
May 2, 2007 12:25 am
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...
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Joan H. Hall
jdhall@...
May 4, 2007 7:45 pm
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...
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Zimmer, Ben
bgzimmer
May 16, 2007 2:49 pm
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...
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farina1@...
crispissima
May 24, 2007 3:17 am
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,...
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Grant Barrett
MoNickels
Jun 15, 2007 7:10 pm
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...
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Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Jun 18, 2007 3:48 pm
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...
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Grant Barrett
MoNickels
Jun 18, 2007 4:13 pm
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...
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Joan H. Hall
jdhall@...
Jun 18, 2007 4:35 pm
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...
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pheacock@...
Jun 18, 2007 5:05 pm
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....
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John Peter Maher
devilsbit06
Jun 18, 2007 8:28 pm
Sidney Landau himslf deserves the thanks of all of us callous heels who have not already thanked Erin McKean. (John) Peter Maher Sidney Landau...
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Dianne Bardsley
Dianne.Bardsley@...
Jun 19, 2007 1:12 am
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...
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tpratt@...
Jun 19, 2007 4:03 pm
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,...
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bolstar1
Jun 20, 2007 11:07 pm
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...
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Gilles-Maurice de Sch...
gillesmauric...
Jun 27, 2007 12:17 am
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...
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anne dykstra
annedykstra
Jun 28, 2007 8:42 am
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...
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Scott Nelson
bolstar1
Jun 29, 2007 4:34 pm
“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...
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bolstar1
Jul 3, 2007 5:44 pm
DSNA'ers: I've found in my compilation of phrases, idioms, & expressions that it's rather a tricky business categorizing types – due largely to the...
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bolstar1
Jul 5, 2007 5:56 pm
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...
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bolstar1
Jul 7, 2007 4:28 pm
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...
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Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Jul 7, 2007 8:19 pm
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...
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Laurence Urdang
urdang@...
Jul 8, 2007 12:37 pm
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...
