Like horse manure at a rodeo

[A. Maberry]

On Thu, 10 May 2001 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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> KYRGYZSTAN
>
>    MANAS.  Sorry.  In 1995, they celebrated 1000 years of the national epic.
>    Kirghiz is indeed in the OED.  But NO ONE here spells it that way.  There is a significant American presence here--there is an American University of Kyrgyztan in Bishkek.
>    Yes, Kyrgyz might not have made it in the OED for 1989, but it's a country and a language, and the OED has ADDITIONS.
>    Gotta go.

You are right about that. The Library of Congress changed the heading from
Kirghiz to Kyrgyz generally and has a heading for Kyrgyzstan. Anyone
looking at an online library catalog or, if they can find one, a
maintained card catalog should be directed from Kirghiz to Kyrgyz in all
cases. I can't access the OED online from home, so I don't know if they
have a section of additions, etc. If they do, my apologies for not
searching it before my earlier message.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu