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At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

306

Give the Word

on James Murray & The OED

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terms
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notes

this one was cool--about the story of how the Oxford English Dictionary was originally compiled (summarised from Caught in the Web of Words). basically Murray over-promised and under-delivered many times and had almost no resources but eventually the first edition was completed (after his death).

Steiner, G. (2009). Give the Word. In Steiner, G. At the New Yorker. New Directions, pp. 306-315

flitches (en)

(noun) a side of cured meat / (noun) a side of bacon / (noun) a longitudinal section of a log

306

they would consume flitches of bacon

—p.306 by George Steiner
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago

they would consume flitches of bacon

—p.306 by George Steiner
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago

quire (en)

(noun) a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality; one twentieth of a ream

307

Dickens could produce a quire at a time with the printer's devil puffing at the door.

—p.307 by George Steiner
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago

Dickens could produce a quire at a time with the printer's devil puffing at the door.

—p.307 by George Steiner
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago