tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post6970103706307352763..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: An Oulipo challenge!Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-35530799395597776072009-11-25T21:32:49.257-05:002009-11-25T21:32:49.257-05:00Sam, yes, the fatal flaw in this whole thing is th...Sam, yes, the fatal flaw in this whole thing is that you can't scroll down in web dictionaries. And, other than you, who carries their 12 volume OED around with them?Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-61911849480616358652009-11-25T15:58:45.433-05:002009-11-25T15:58:45.433-05:00Any quote will do! Anne easily managed three righ...Any quote will do! Anne easily managed three right off the bat. Hopefully, people will rise to the challenge, and go deeper. Maybe some things from science articles? Probably not -- our gobbledygook jargon is not even IN the dictionrary!<br /><br />Anyway, Sam, you should never be without your dictionary! I got a CD of Johnson's original edition after reading Boswell's Life of Johnson and getting interested in the Johnson Dictionary project (kind of like a Genome Project of its time).<br /><br />Happy Oolipo-ing!Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-45919542449007765472009-11-25T15:56:11.355-05:002009-11-25T15:56:11.355-05:00Wouldn't you know it. I left my copy of Samue...Wouldn't you know it. I left my copy of Samuel Johnson's at home today. Of course I always carry all 12 volumes of my 1928 OED, so maybe I can find a good mid-20th century quote.anthrobrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123542292465758479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-39509637081048675152009-11-25T09:51:51.469-05:002009-11-25T09:51:51.469-05:00The Orismology of Specificity, The Selfish Gene Po...The Orismology of Specificity, The Selfish Gene Pool, The Expulsion of Empery in Management and Animal Kingdom.Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.com