en-GB-oxford LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM
Mark Crispin
mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU
Sun Jun 15 10:34:17 CEST 2003
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Michael Everson wrote:
> I'm sorry if you think Oxford spelling is "stupid", which is what I
> guess you are saying,
I didn't say that.
> but for my part I consider Oxford to be the
> highest of authorities for English lexicography. You may have another
> preference.
Indeed. Oxford is (indisputably) an authority, but I am less sanguine
about considering it to be "the highest of authorities." I'm not
convinced that there is such a thing.
-- Mark --
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