[Lexicog] Using old dictionaries

[Chaz Mortensen - work]

David,

I have considered doing the same thing in case my work falls into the  
wrong person's hands.

-Chaz

On Dec 17, 2009, at 9:20 AM, David Frank wrote:

> I remember learning from my dialectology professor (some 30+ years  
> ago) that a practice among dictionary publishers was to throw in a  
> made-up entry or two, so that if those spurious entries showed up in  
> someone else's dictionary, plagiarism could be proven.
>
> -- David Frank
>
>
> 

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