O'Hagan review of Hitchings

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue May 2 01:12:05 UTC 2006


Hear, hear, arnold. Well and truly spoken, uh, written.

-Wilson

On 5/1/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Well said, Arnold. O'Hagan's gratuitous plan of disparagement suggests
> that lexicographers are spoiled, petty, and spiteful, regardless of gender.
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>   JL
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> "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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> new, improved, and expanded version of my critique of this review:
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> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003097.html
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> "The bitchiness of lexicographers and NYRB reviewers"
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