dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

But that would be unrealistic.

JL

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> I should have said that that it would be useful if it were done well,
> using accurate datasets, and other presumed standards of scholarship.
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> > If you don't rely on the scans and dates of Google Books.
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> > JL
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> > > But even if a dictionary isn't designed to "reflect the lexicon",
> > > studying how well it does so may still be a useful thing.
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> > > > "To gauge how well dictionaries reflect the lexicon,."
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> > > > This suggests to me that the traditional scope and purpose (also
> > > adequacy)
> > > > of general dictionaries is being challenged by computer people who
> may
> > > be
> > > > totally unfamiliar with lexicography as the craft is practiced. I
> > > rather
> > > > doubt they have even read the preface to even a respectable
> college
> > > > dictionary let alone the OED.  I may very well be wrong and will
> stand
> > > > corrected humbly if I am.
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