[Ads-l] Central site for antedatings WAS Re: Antedating of "Simoleon"

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

So I take it, then, that antedatings posted on the ADS-L are not routinely sent to or seen by the editors at the OED?

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In 2014 George posted to the list a message including the sentence "In as much as no one came crying, I, yes, I am watching on
behalf of the OED, I surmised that indeed, no one is, and it seems that this is now confirmed."  Reading this hastily, I focused on the phrase "yes, I am watching on behalf of the OED," and reached the erroneous conclusion that George was watching on behalf of the OED!  Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part.

Fred Shapiro


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"George Thompson, I think, may be sending them information from the list"

Not at all.

GAT

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
wrote:

> The ultimate place to check for antedatings, I think, is the OED, by which
> I mean not just the published dictionary but also emailing the staff to ask
> what is in their unpublished files.  I believe that the OED staff checks
> the ADS-L listserv for antedatings (George Thompson, I think, may be
> sending them information from the list).
>
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