[Foundation-l] Appropriate surprise (Commons stuff)

[Mike.lifeguard]

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On 37-01--10 03:59 PM, William Pietri wrote:
> I was rummaging for story about Samuel Johnson and people hunting for
> naughty words in his dictionary, when I came across a Google Books
> reproduction of an 1896 periodical titled "The Homiletic Review", edited
> by I.K. Funk, of Funk and Wagnalls. It appears that a competitor to
> their dictionary culled the naughtiest bits from the Funk & Wagnalls
> Standard Dictionary, used those to claim they were filth-mongers, and
> set out to create a giant hullabaloo.

Thank you so much for this historical perspective. It is indeed
interesting to watch history repeat itself. I didn't know about this
particular case before. I can only hope the Wiktionary communities have
learned their history better than some others; otherwise perhaps they'll
be next on the chopping block!

- --Mike
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