Abbreviation, pronunciation of Green's dict.

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/25/2010 06:38 PM, Herb Stahlke wrote:
>Not "Gee-daws"?

And not "Gee-dawz"?

Joel


>Herb
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>On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> > Authorial intent may be out of style in some disciplines
> > nowadays, but perhaps not in ours.
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> > Jonathon Green's preferred abbreviation for his new dictionary
> > is GDoS, thus capitalized, and conveniently enough pronounced
> > "GEE-dahs", as the newspapers might choose to render it. I
> > think we should all rally round his choice in the matter!
> >
> > Jesse Sheidlower
> > OED
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