[Sca-cooks] Phyllo definition

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise wrote:

>> My favorite is when people forget that the OED is basically a
>> glorified Wikipedia, originally created by a committee of amateurs
>> which included one guy in a padded cell, and the ultimate Open Source
>> document.
>
> I don't think I would say that about the OED now, but you know us
> librarians. Picky about our avocational ideas.

Well, either that, or perhaps inclined to perceive stigma attached to  
amateur status where none is intended. As for the OED now, I can  
speak with some authority: instead of accepting material from people  
in padded cells, they accept it from me. Or so I'm told; I don't own  
the latest edition.

Adamantius





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