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deleted words from OED

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:02 am
by Nina Boyd
Interesting article on page 1 of the Guardian today (27.11.2012) about historical deletion of foreign words from OED by anglocentric editor.

Re: deleted words from OED

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:32 am
by Jon O'Neill
BALISAUR and BOVIANDER would've been great Countdown words. What an idiot.

Re: deleted words from OED

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:23 pm
by Ian Volante
Well it's a stack of new pencils to arrive at some point in the next few years, assuming they filter through to the relevant edition.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/no ... eted-words