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In The OED Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The Entirety Of A Language. It Is Only Natural They Should Occasionally Come Across Words That Are Virtually Indefinable, Or That Have Meanings That Have Been Lost To The Ages. Whatever Failings Or Inconsistencies The Editors May Exhibit Are Certainly Not For Lack Of Effort. James Murray In Particular Was Renowned For Attempting To Ferret Out Knowledge, Writing Letters To Every Authority He Could Think Of And Posting Queries In Newspapers Begging For Information On A Word. When I Read The Definition Of Lege De Moy ("App. The Name Of Some Dance") I Cannot Help But Imagine That They Must Have Spent A Tremendous Amount Of Time Looking For The Meaning And Roots Of This Word Before One Of The Editors Finally Threw His Hands Up In Disgust And Exclaimed, "What The Hell - Just Say It's Some Kind Of Dance Or Something, And Let's Get To The Pub." As

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

Ammon Shea Quotes: In The Oed Editors' Defense, They Have Set Out To Accomplish Something That Is Inherently Impossible - To Record The

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