The OED + new fic
Jul. 25th, 2021 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI love the Oxford English Dictionary. Not only can you find out how old various senses of individual words are, and get examples of their usage through time, but also whole phrases! Today I have learned that the phrase "too hot to hold him/her" actually goes back to the 17th century. I could really not have guessed beforehand if it was 20th century slang or something older!
In other news, I have 20K of the sequel to That Good Faith! This one is about what happens after the enemies to lovers: Keith and Ewen are in an established relationship, but they still have conflicting loyalties that come to a head during the events of Gleam in the North. I'm enjoying it a lot.
Hmm, what else? My sister's family, with two small kids, is about descend on our peaceful existence for six days. I'm sure it'll be enjoyable and tiring both.
In other news, I have 20K of the sequel to That Good Faith! This one is about what happens after the enemies to lovers: Keith and Ewen are in an established relationship, but they still have conflicting loyalties that come to a head during the events of Gleam in the North. I'm enjoying it a lot.
Hmm, what else? My sister's family, with two small kids, is about descend on our peaceful existence for six days. I'm sure it'll be enjoyable and tiring both.
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Date: 2021-07-26 07:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-07-27 10:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-07-27 11:26 pm (UTC)I'm picturing a sunny evening with berries and cake and (fewer) mosquitoes.
Oh! Oh! OED! I've been a big fan all my life. My family had an early Compact edition, reproduced micrographically, two dictionary-size books plus a hand-held magnifier. All 20 volumes were presented at microfiche size, printed on very thin paper. It was a delightful way to spend an afternoon before the internet.
Speaking of which, before Tim Berners-Lee sketched out the web with HTML, editors were creating the electronic version of the OED, using a generalized markup language. TB-L was familiar with the Standard Generalized Markup Langauge, and that's why HTML looks the way it does.
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Date: 2021-07-28 04:22 pm (UTC)Oh, I can imagine that having to use a magnifier to read it made it even more intriguing when you were a kid.