credoquaabsurdum wrote:
> Mike Lyle wrote:
>
>>> ...apostrophe firmly in place. I would bet, however, that this is
>>> not a typo on behalf of OED staff, but that they scanned the
>>> original printing and that's how it first appeared. A Google
search
>>> turned up news of a critical edition of Major Barbara, but from
>>> what I understand, OED policy in that case is still to scan the
>>> first edition (be it UK or US) into their database.
>>
>> I don't think they "scan". For good or ill. Are you in a position
to
>> correct me on this point?
>
> Uh-huh. But then again, so are you.
>
> http://www.oed.com/about/oed3-preface/accuracy.html
[...]
Hang about. (This is a genuine question, not a smart-arsery.) I'm
taking "scan" in its restricted OCR-type meaning: you mean they do
that? I wouldn't dream of getting evidence for a dictionary by that
means, especially reading a wide variety of print styles.
--
Mike.
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