The Word Detective by John Simpson
Author:John Simpson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780465096527
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016-08-26T16:00:00+00:00
I’m sorry to say that that Cham was where our ingenuity ended as regards appropriate catchwords for each volume. Volume Four of the Second Edition of the OED started with the word creel, which even we couldn’t invest with serious relevance to the study of vocabulary. When we had finally approved the contents and spine of the twentieth volume (Wave to Zyxt), we were ready to publish.
Just for a moment, we felt on top of the world. Over the previous five years we had commandeered the text of the dictionary from its old-style book form on to computer; we’d proofread it, added 5,000 new entries, and altered the pronunciation system (despite almost terminal worries that we would not be able to); and we’d got it all to the point at which it could be published. Curiously, it was going to be published again as a book, and not (straightaway) as an electronic resource. We still had some work to do.
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