: New revision strategy announced by OED editors

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Thu Mar 13 16:49:05 UTC 2008


On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> 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.
>

Take it as a challenge.

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Mark Mandel

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