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10-14-2008, 08:07 PM
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Hilarious post from CB
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10-14-2008, 09:40 PM
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That was great.
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10-14-2008, 09:43 PM
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Doing a little bit of looking, I found this gem as well regarding Samuel Johnson's dictionary from 1755:
Unlike most modern lexicographers, Johnson introduced humour or prejudice into quite a number of his definitions. Among the best known are “Excise: a hateful tax levied upon commodities…”; “Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge…”; and “Oats: a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people” (it ought perhaps to be noted that the latter is arguably a legitimate observation, and moreover is not a significant departure from Bailey’s “a grain, food for horses”).
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