http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-147657 Karen Rouse Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:37:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-147657 In what decade or year was the Oxford English Dictionary first published please? Thanks In what decade or year was the Oxford English Dictionary first published please?
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]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-146276 Roy Pullen Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:32:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-146276 You have a lovely page, but you forgot to answer my question-1933 SOED-how much can it be worth?-I haven´t got a clue! You have a lovely page, but you forgot to answer my question-1933 SOED-how much can it be worth?-I haven´t got a clue!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-145863 Roy Pullen Mon, 19 May 2008 00:57:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-145863 I have the 1933 SOED,which is practically brand new, for sale. How much can it be worth? I have the 1933 SOED,which is practically brand new, for sale. How much can it be worth?

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-51505 Dictionary Day is Coming... : OUPblog Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:07:32 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-51505 [...] British dictionaries of current English, and he also helped complete the first edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (first edition 1933, just launched in its sixth edition). Nonetheless, his fame still rests chiefly [...] [...] British dictionaries of current English, and he also helped complete the first edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (first edition 1933, just launched in its sixth edition). Nonetheless, his fame still rests chiefly [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-51427 OED Adwords Anybody? | Wombat Diet Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:24:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-51427 [...] here. The whole thing is now so large it may never be printed again, except in abbreviated form. How the OED got Shorter is, something I’ve yet to read but The Making of the OED, The Meaning of Everything (full [...] [...] here. The whole thing is now so large it may never be printed again, except in abbreviated form. How the OED got Shorter is, something I’ve yet to read but The Making of the OED, The Meaning of Everything (full [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-50803 One-Hit Wonders: From Hapax to Googlewhacks : OUPblog Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:49:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-50803 [...] described the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as a pleasing mix of the old and the new, with musty archaisms sharing the page with the leading edge of English vocabulary. [...] [...] described the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as a pleasing mix of the old and the new, with musty archaisms sharing the page with the leading edge of English vocabulary. [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-47008 Puzzle Me This: SOED : OUPblog Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:11:37 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-47008 [...] Oxford English Dictionary. To learn more about the SOED check out Ben Zimmer’s columns here and [...] [...] Oxford English Dictionary. To learn more about the SOED check out Ben Zimmer’s columns here and [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/comment-page-1/#comment-46974 Oomphy Wordsmithery of the Anglosphere: New Entries in the Shorter OED : OUPblog Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:01:58 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/shorter/#comment-46974 [...] I described last week, the Shorter has a distinguished pedigree dating back to the first edition nearly 75 years ago. [...] [...] I described last week, the Shorter has a distinguished pedigree dating back to the first edition nearly 75 years ago. [...]

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