September 2005 Newsletter

The September 2005 issue of OED News contains an article by Richard Boyle, one of the OED's consultants, which looks at the history of Sri Lankan English. He examines, in particular, words of Sri Lankan origin or association first attested in the OED in Robert Knox's An Historical Relation of Ceylon of 1681. Boyle is the author of the recently published Knox's Words (Visidunu Prakashakayo, 2004), a more detailed study of the themes covered here.

Anne Whear's article has its focus closer to home and in the more recent past, as she marks her retirement by recording her memories of her thirty-three-year career working on the Oxford English Dictionaries, during which period she has witnessed many changes in the publishing world. As OED staff are currently familiarizing themselves with a brand new editorial system, it is interesting to be reminded that this is not the first time that dictionary editors have had to grapple with new technology during the course of their work.

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