hocking loogies

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:53 PM, Dave Wilton wrote:

> As far as I know, HDAS is not online. You need to crack the book.
>
And in fine red, white, and blue dust jackets (with a different color pattern for each of the two volumes), which I guess those otherwise excellent library editions may lack.

LH

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> Benjamin Barrett
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> I would love to access the HDAS but have never figured out how to.
>
> My library system provides me with the OED and Oxford Reference Online
> Premium, but I cannot find the HDAS.
>
> Can you provide guidance on access?
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
>
> On Oct 13, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> In HDAS - like so many wonders of our language.
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>> JL
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>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>>> Those of us who still pronounce "open o's" recognize that the customary
> spelling of the gerund is "hawking," which corresponds with OED's "hawk"
> v.3.
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>>> --Charlie
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>>> I don't see this in the OED. Is there another way to express the action
> of gathering in the nose the mucus required to make a solid mass, surrounded
> by liquid, in preparation for spitting?
>>>
>>> The Columnist Manifesto wonders whether it makes sense to have a
> standardized spelling for this
> (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FgAD879HGuQJ:thecolumn
> istmanifesto.blogspot.com/2005/07/how-do-you-spell-loogie.html+%22hock+a+loo
> gie%22&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us).
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>>> Benjamin Barrett
>>> Seattle, WA
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