History of the OED (forwarded)

[Sam Clements]

Thanks, Jesse.

I had guessed that he had a full-time job and this was a side project.  That
is explanation enough.

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Sheidlower" <jester at PANIX.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: History of the OED (forwarded)


> On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:15:41PM -0400, Sam Clements wrote:
>> I don't mean this in a snippy way, but WHY would this be a 10 year
>> project?
>> Serious question.
>
> The two main reasons are that this is to be a serious and
> extensive academic history of the OED, and the amount of
> materials involved are extremely vast; and that Peter will be
> continuing to work on OED full-time during the writing
> process, which will severely limit the amount of time he can
> devote to this work.
>
> Peter is not subscribed to this list, though, so I'd suggest
> that if you have serious questions about the project you
> e-mail him directly. (I'm cc'ing him on this message.)
>
> Best,
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
>