[Ads-l] The UD isn't _always_ worthless!

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Against the judgment of the editor, HDAS was compelled to prefer the
> spelling "booty" on the OCD principle that the most frequently encountered
> orthography must determine the shape of the lemma.  At least there's a
> cross-ref. at "boody"!
>

<sigh!> What're ya gonna do?
-- 
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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