RE: OT: A Note on the Type

["Janoff, Steve" <sjanoff -at- illumina -dot- com>]

Yes, that was purposeful on Gilman's part.

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From: Tim J. Slager [mailto:TSlager -at- isdcorporation -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:13 PM
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Subject: RE: OT: A Note on the Type

"Harmless drudge" is, of course, a nod to Samuel Johnson's 1755
definition of lexicographer: 

'a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in
tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.'

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Subject: RE: OT: A Note on the Type

This is a nice one, Tammy -- thank you for posting.

Continuing on the topic of front matter, this is one of my favorite
excerpts from front matter, from the Preface to Merriam-Webster's
Dictionary of English Usage (that Preface being written by E. Ward
Gilman, the volume's Editor):

"It is the fate of most of the harmless drudges in the lexicographical
world to receive their most material tribute in the unread front matter
of a book.  This time-honored tradition will be continued here."  (He
then goes on to list the contributors.)

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