History of the OED (forwarded)

[Page Stephens]

I just have one question. Where in the hell can I find an editor who will
give me ten days much less ten years to complete a project?

Yours in envy,

Page Stephens

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> From: Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
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> Date: 6/29/2005 9:24:53 PM
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> Thanks, Jesse.
>
> I had guessed that he had a full-time job and this was a side project.
That
> is explanation enough.
>
> Sam Clements
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> 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)
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> > 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
> >