: New revision strategy announced by OED editors

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Mar 13 16:47:34 UTC 2008


On Mar 13, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Joel Berson wrote:

> My mailing from the "Oxford English Dictionary Online Update" has
> apparently been censored.  It has in the i.e. list (which of course
> should be e.g., unless they're saying something really interesting)
> merely
>
> computer, culture, gay, and genetic.
>
> I'm also disappointed they did not use all 5 words in a single
> sentence.

fuck gay culture: get a genetic computer!

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