-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkvsOnwACgkQst0AR/DaKHvFWwCgqemiuyU0eWWUBY259z7e736U vdEAoKgChs+I1Q2EvSP+myqzZKm/IvYc =rWEw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
