Posted by susan C on January 24, 2002, at 18:27:34
In reply to Idiosyncrasies or idiocies? To IsoM, posted by medlib on January 24, 2002, at 14:31:04
can I be part of your 'club'?
I wrote to OED in 1976 about the absence of the word "nanny" as in a care taker of young children. I was so shocked that it was not in OEM...The reply to my letter was written by Mrs. L.S. Burnett, Asisstant Editor (General. I wonder if she is still there... she informed me that the word would in fact appear in the volume two (H-N) of A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary to be published shortly....with numerous illustrative quotations dating from 1795 to the present day. The etymology to be given is "appellative use of the pet-form of Ann(e".
And I think I am weird now...
Thank you for all your delightful insights, everyone.
Mouse with a large dictionary requiring a magnifying glass (That was free)
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