Saturday, September 17, 2005
Computer Avoidance
From the introduction to Hugh Rawson's interview with lexicographer J.E. Lighter, author of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang:
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He used, and still uses, filing cards in the classic, pre-computer method of compiling dictionaries.Perhaps that helps to explain his extraordinary success in compiling his dictionary almost single-handedly.
