Webster's New World (was: Slay, ?slayed?)

[Victoria Neufeldt]

Thank you, Jesse.  I wasn't going to say anything . . .  (But of
course David Guralnik was one of the finest lexicographers of the 20th
century, tops in analysis as well as the writing of definitions.)

Victoria

Victoria Neufeldt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Jesse Sheidlower
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:46 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Slay, ?slayed?
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 04:22:34PM -0500, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > FWIW, I have only an off-brand Webster's - "New World"
>
> [...]
>
> Now, now. We all know that "Webster's" is generic, but of
> the various versions, New World is by no means an off-brand.
> It's one of the good ones.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
>
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