J.G. Swan cited as possibly important to English dictionaries (ADS-L list)

[Jeffrey Kopp]

Hi.  Duane's discussion of Swan's book may be seen at http://tenaswawa.home.attbi.com/jn13.htm  If this thread is still alive on ADS, you might want to pass the link along.

I bought a used copy of the 1960s DARE for a (college-educated) immigrant friend who was confused when told one of his employees "fell off the wagon."  ("Oh, no!" he blurted, "How bad was he hurt?" His staff ribbed him for a week.)  It's now part of his bar's reference library, next to the usual sports almanac, Guinness Records book, and an atlas. (I want to get myself a copy, but haven't gotten around to it.)  Terrific reading.

Jeff

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:41:08 -0500, "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU> wrote:

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>THE NORTHWEST COAST;
>OR, THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY
>by James G. Swan
>New York: Harper Brothers
>1857
>
>   An important book with a "Chenook" glossary.  Is this cited by OED or
>DARE?
>   I tried to get Elwood Evans' WASHINGTON TERRITORY (Olympia, 1877).  Try
>that on NYPL's CATNYP.  There's no call number!  So I had another day of
>conferences with librarians...
>