Doom Pussy publishing date?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 10:04:01PM -0400, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> >Elaine Shepard was in Vietnam as a journalist in 1966. That is the year
> >she took her notes and wrote _The Doom Pussy_. The February, 1967,
> >publication date virtually precludes the book's having been written,
> >edited, and proofread after the end of 1966.
>
> OK, I didn't realize that books were dated in HDAS based on presumed date
> of composition but I now see that Jon explains this fully in the front
> matter.  I assume that when HDAS citations are absorbed into OED they are
> dated more conventionally, by the date of publication.

Yes, this is the case. Occasionally for first cites with a
strongly believable earlier composition date, we will mention
this in a note.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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