Re: Exhibit Coverage Continues!
| From: | Sai Emrys <sai@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 9, 2008, 19:47 |
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On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Rick Harrison <rick@...> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:04:15 EDT, MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM wrote:
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>>When will appearance in print (I mean only hard copy) cease being a
>>determining factor, and frequency of usage on the internet take its place?
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> Should lexicographers consider graffiti too? Seriously, if a few dozen people make up a
> word and spray-paint it on walls and railcars, is that word worthy of induction into the
> hallowed halls of dictionaridom?
IMHO: yes.
Dictionaries are supposed to be catalogues of use, not dictums
thereof; the only sensible criterion for inclusion I can see is
whether it's sufficiently likely to be encountered to be worth the
cost.
In an electronic dictionary, space costs nothing. In a standard one,
it's still pretty marginal per word.
- Sai