F-Word update: Want to help?

Neal Whitman nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET
Fri Jan 9 04:43:24 UTC 2009


Hi Jesse,

Sure, I'm in, if you're still looking for help.

Best,

Neal Whitman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Sheidlower" <jester at PANIX.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:04 AM
Subject: F-Word update: Want to help?


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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
> Subject:      F-Word update: Want to help?
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> As many of you know, I am working on a new edition of _The
> F-Word_, with publication planned for the fall of 2009. This
> edition will be substantially larger and more thorough than
> the last; I've currently added over seventy new words and
> senses, and the size of the text has increased by 40%, and I'm
> nowhere near done.
>
> Previously I had posted to ADS-L lists of words I was
> interested in.  This time, however, I have decided to post the
> entire text online; in some cases there are notes indicating
> things that I'm looking for.
>
> If you are _seriously_ interested in helping, please e-mail me
> and I will send you the link and password for the text. Anyone
> who helps will of course be thanked in the frontmatter (if you
> want to be) and will receive my gratitude. If you are merely
> curious, please don't ask for the link.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
>
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