an antedating "how to"? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 18, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) wrote:

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>> In particular, you need all the information required by the OED
>> submission form, plus a quotation long enough to show how the word is
>> being used:
>> http://global.oup.com/uk/oedsubform/
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> Does anyone on the list use this form?  It's something of a PITA

Hey, I've never encountered that acronym before.  Useful, too--it eloquently captures the feeling I have when my felafel falls apart.

LH

> compared to simply submitting citations to the ADS-L (for example, requiring pronunciation data for all submissions seems overkill).  
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> I used to have an email address at the OED that I would cc ADS-l submissions to, but things started bouncing back from there (about the time they posted the above form).
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> I have always believed that someone (Jesse?) would scrape stuff from the list and make sure that it got into the OED's files.  I don't believe that Jesse works for the OED any longer (is that true?) -- do submissions posted here get considered for the OED?
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