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
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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
875
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...
Laurence Urdang
urdang@...
Jul 8, 2007 12:37 pm
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Laurence: Laurence: Nice to get your reply. Good points, and I don't differ with you on any of them. I meant to add, regarding Shakespeare, that Evans wrote of...
Scott, A couple of quick, minor points: 1. I see little difficulty with the semicolon used to separate items in a list beginning with a colon; in this case, a...
Laurence Urdang
urdang@...
Jul 9, 2007 2:19 pm
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Corpus Conundrum #2 (Stress and Intonation) Stress and intonation – these are two aspects of phonetics that are given short shrift in dictionaries (other...
Dear DSNA Colleagues, As you probably know, the transition in the position of Executive Secretary of the DSNA is well underway. Lisa Berglund is taking over...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Jul 10, 2007 3:23 am
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Hello to you all, Thanks to the generosity of Dr Reinhard R.K. Hartmann the International Bibliography of Lexicography has made a major step forward. Dr ...
Hello. Can anyone point me in the right direction on the topic of the selection process for dictionary words to be (visually)illustrated? Thank you....
Hi Barbara, In my experience this is usually handled as a "separate exercise," in the hands of a single editor, either in-house or contracted out. I have...
Orin K. Hargraves
orinkh@...
Jul 17, 2007 11:13 am
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Dear Barbara, I seem to recall that there was a peper about illustrations in the Century by someone in Dictionaries (mid 1990's). Regards, David B. ...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Jul 17, 2007 12:45 pm
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Dear Barbara, If you'll forgive me for citing a book I was involved with, you might be interested in Thora van Male's 'From Incipit to Iconophor' in ...
Apologies for cross-posting Dear all, There's a possibility of an 9/10 month fellowship in my department for a researcher with less than 8 years post-doctoral...
I've posted some pictures of the Chicago meeting, good for about a month. The following link should get you there. You have been issued the following ticket:...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Jul 24, 2007 3:38 pm
898
Thanks, Luanne. I tried to look at one image, but got this message: Available bandwidth quota for this filesystem has been exceeded. ...
Bethany Dumas
dumasb@...
Jul 24, 2007 4:39 pm
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Thanks, Luanne -- some great snapshots there. I've posted all of two myself, at http://picasaweb.google.com/cmhancher/DSNA2007Chicago?authkey=YjdGcvQUT_w --...
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