Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] OFF-TOPIC: OED
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:14:36 -0500

At 03:36 PM 1999-01-21 -0500, Chandos Michael Brown wrote:
>No editor of whom I am aware would challenge the OED in matters of usage.


Alas, but this, too, is sadly wrong.  Most editors have never heard of the
OED and, of those who have, most are aware of its shaky -- and undeserved!
- -- current academic reputation.  Spend some time over on ANSAXNET for
learned discussions about the shortfalls of the OED!

Marc

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