The DSNA meeting in June included an open microphone session where the public suggested new words. I recorded this event and gave the audio to Grant Barrett....
At around 14 minutes into the New Word Open Mic podcast Paul Heacock mentions a word that people had been trying to look up in his online dictionary but that...
<<I note that my listener uses another word "distro" that isn't in the Cambridge Learner's dictionary either (nor OED, Merriam-Webster or American Heritage)....
Orin K. Hargraves
orinkh@...
Aug 8, 2007 11:10 am
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into the same hopper " Linux on it. It won't. At least, not without a software emulator. Future generations of the Kestrel might be able to run Minix, however....
In today's Poughkeepsie Journal (8/9/07) an AP article reports on the struggle over an effort to alter the ingredients in chocolate. Manufacturers want to be...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Aug 9, 2007 11:06 am
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The 5th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography (ASIALEX) is to be held in Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India) under the auspices of the...
he first phase of The Preposition Project (TPP) has now been completed. Each of 673 preposition senses for 334 English prepositions (including phrasal...
Ken Litkowski
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Aug 28, 2007 2:31 pm
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Dear all, John Considine has asked me to post this call for papers. Apologies for cross-posting. ...
I'm deeply saddened to say that Audrey Duckert, who worked with Fred Cassidy on the Wisconsin English Language Survey and the beginnings of DARE, and who...
Joan H. Hall
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Sep 6, 2007 10:31 pm
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Hello, DSNA Members, I am forwarding the NHA Update which includes useful fellowship and other information. Lisa Berglund Associate Chair, Department of...
See below. Lisa Berglund Associate Chair, Department of English Buffalo State College Executive Secretary, Dictionary Society of North America Work:...
Please share with your students who might be interested. The deadline for applications is fast approaching. Lisa Berglund Associate Chair, Department of...
Applications are invited for the post of Co-editor of the Dictionary of the Welsh Language, the standard historical dictionary of the Welsh language, based in...
Friends and colleagues, I know some of you listen to the language-related radio show that I am a part of, so I want to share our good news: we've formed our...
The Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award The Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award for the support of lexicographical study and research is again being offered by the Dictionary...
tpratt@...
Sep 30, 2007 9:24 pm
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International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-volume set (Hardcover) by William Bright (Editor) # Hardcover: 1856 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA...
Alright, which one of you is going to own up? :) "From the distinguished lexicographer who told me how he and his 14- year-old son regularly 'skin up' together...
The fourth International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology will take place at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel, Edmonton, Canada, from Thursday 19...
Call for Papers The National Coalition of Independent Scholars will hold its 2008 Biennial Conference from October 24-26, 2008, at the Graduate Theological...
Those of you who were at the DSNA in Chicago this year likely saw the presentation by Johnny Carrera of Quercus Press -- www.quercuspress.com -- and the...
a little corpus write your own grammar Über diesen Beitrag: "Für wer was über Orgel wissen will..." wurde am 02. November 2007 - 21:27 geschrieben und ins...
The column by Edward Rothstein is in the New York Times arts section for 26 November, available via www.nytimes.com. You must register to entire the site but...
A facsimile edition was published by Konrad Miller 1962. Stuttgatt: Brockhaus. Ancient Roman road map unveiled By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna The landmass...
The He-She-ite PCretins are incapable of consistency in their poses of gender-equality. They'll always star of with "everyone~anyone" and "he or she" but then...
Note: forwarded message attached. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
jpmaher
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Dec 3, 2007 9:43 am
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The ADS word of the year is "subprime." Press release here: http://www.americandialect.org/ Grant Barrett Vice President of Communications and Technology ...
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