[Ads-l] Antedating of "Tiddlywinks"

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Mar 3 15:07:36 UTC 2019


> On Mar 2, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 2, 2019, at 7:43 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
>> 
>> As those who have read my article, "Confessions of the Antedater," know, this is an antedating of special significance to me.
> 
> any advance on creating a version of this that's available to people in general?  (not just to *Names* subscribers)
> 
> nudge, nudge.
> 

_Dictionaries_, not _Names_

meanwhile, i've advanced some on the anteater front.  now preparing a posting on the silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus):

  the didactyl anteater, Anteater D, aka The Antedater

arnold
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