[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Article in Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

 At this point, Jerry, I think it is safe to say "never."

For those who don't know, Prof. Cohen (sometimes in tandem with the equally
assiduous Barry Popik) has enlarged our knowledge of the English lexicon
immeasurably over the last thirty-plus years, especially through his
newsletter, _Comments on Etymology_.

He and Connie Eble of UNC were especially (let's be frank: almost uniquely)
generous in sharing their own researches with the editor of HDAS.

DJT




On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:08 PM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
wrote:

> The message below by DJT is true in its entirety. All praise!
>
> Now (ahem), when can we expect the remaining volume(s) of HDAS
> to appear?
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
>
>  Jonathan Lighter, Thursday, October 11, 2018 11:53 AM, wrote:
>
> As President of the United States, plenty of people are saying that HDAS
> is the most tremendous source of antedatings (and, very importantly,
> brand-new entries in an academic dictionary) in the history of our great
> nation. And that includes the great Noah Webster, who we love. Even the
> OED, in England, turns to HDAS all the time - and its editor, who, very
> frankly, is a very amazing person. All those thousands and thousands and
> thousands of quotes - and more - they were collected by just one guy,
> working alone.
> And, as you know, it was before all these online databases came out to
> make research easy. Furthermore, he also defined the words, unlike previous
> administrations. And the book still getting tremendous marks. That I will
> tell you.
>
> DJT
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 4:28 PM MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM
> AMRDEC (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
>
> > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
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> >
> > >
> > > The latest issue of Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society
> > > of
> > North America has an article by me entitled "Confessions of the
> > > Antedater."  This tells, for the first time, the full story of how I
> > came to be an "antedater" and it is perhaps a more colorful story than
> > one
> > > might expect.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Not to give too much away, but the movie adaptation is R-rated.  And
> > not for violence, if you know what I mean.  Wink wink nudge nudge.
> > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
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