Thursday, June 14, 2007 by Erin
According to John Carrera (whose presentation this morning of his art book, the
Pictorial Webster's was a bit hit) this illustration was commissioned for a dictionary but never used ... what a shame!
Check out the link above -- it's an incredible (and incredibly beautiful and painstaking) project.
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by Erin
There have been some great presentations already today, the first day of the
Dictionary Society of North America conference, but I figured the internets, as a whole, would appreciate this particular slide:
You will notice, as Joe Pickett points out (in a discussion of how dictionaries treat imaginary beings) how specific the
Merriam-Webster definition is. What does Springfield know that we don't know?
More as it happens ...
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Monday, June 04, 2007 by Erin
Do you have a new word you've invented? Do you think it's got a chance of being in a dictionary someday?
Come to the New Word Open Mic on Saturday, June 16th, from 4:30 to 5:45 in Breasted Hall, at the
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park.
Present your word to a panel of
dictionary editors and
neologism experts who will tell you,
American-Idol style, just how much (or little) of a chance your word has of making it into a dictionary.
Email for a guaranteed time slot to present your new word, or just show up and sign up onsite.
The winner of the best new word, as judged by the panel, will receive a brand-new dictionary. The winner of the best new word, as judged by the audience, will also receive a prize.
The New Word Open Mic is part of the
Dictionary Society of North America's sixteenth biennial meeting, about which more information can be found
here.
Directions to the Oriental Institute are
here.
[Image courtesy
mrhappy on
Flickr.]
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