Re: Problem with OED and NT (was Bemoan)

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

> (mostly newfangled words, I assume; I'm
> an antiquarian and could care less)
actually, there is much info on older words; for instance, Shakespeare is
being re-evaluated in some respects since many words whose first citations
were ascribed to him, have since been antedated to other writers. There is
much, much of this kind of thing in the new supplements. I assume the new
supps are integrated into the text; it is a total pain to look up something
in two places. For example, longueur is in the Shorter OED Supp etc. etc.
It's worth subscribing to the reader's program at OED. You never know when
you might be able to help them with a post or pre dating. They do warn,
though, in the latest newsletter, not to rely on google searches for cites
-- they've already done things like that.