Sensational Claim About OED

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 04:20:20PM +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> There is a new book making what, at least in the staid world of dictionaries, seem to be sensational claims about the OED.  Jesse, can you give us a read on whether there is validity to these claims?
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/26/former-oed-editor-deleted-words?CMP=twt_fd
>
> My understanding was that the revisions of the OED do not delete words, or maybe even citations.
>

Here's my analysis:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/11/the-case-of-the-missing-oed-words-solved.html

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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