Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY ExpertscompileoldEnglish dictionary By LORI GENDELMAN it is being compiled to fill the in 1952. The letters "M" and tails building and ordering defi- DR. KUHN, who has a Ph.D. In a small office above Bi- need for a dictionary from the "N" are being edited now. nitions, the most difficult and in English Linguistics from the cycle Jim's, a devoted staff of Middle English point of view, Work began on M in 1972, and important part, selecting quo- University of Chicago, was ap- cyclis historians have st comprised solely of Middle En- 3 fasciles were published in tations for examples, listing pointed as editor in 1961, when English istrin have sent glish vocabulary and documen- 1975, with 3 more for that let- variant forms and etymologiz- the previous editor, Hans Kur- 46 years trying to save a lan- tation of its usage and develop- ter expected to be finished soon. , ing. ath, resigned. "I was chosen guage used over 400 years ago. ment. The reading program, which In 1930, Samuel Moore Pro- because of my experience, and Although one might expect entails gathering data from f f English at the U rother qualifications such as that Middle English, used in the THE WORK is a "scholarly Middle English source - books, ssorwas chosen as editorvof genius, a sense of humor and a British Commonwealth between dictionary" according to Kuhn, ended in 1946. In this stage, a the Dictionary by the Modern dirty mind to deal with euphe- the years 1100-1400, would be a and is valuable to literary peo- staff of 100 volunteers read ev- Lamisms," said Kuhn."One must long-forgotten language, Pro- ple studying authors such as ery book surviving in Middle Language Association of Ame i also be an egotist to tell the fessor Sherman Kuhn claims it Chaucer, Tolken and even English and looked for unusual imewndt eayestatethat whole world what a word is, "Directly useful to anyone James Joyce, and to historians words, ordinary words in com- te, work already sta mov means, but you must also be working with the English lan- interested in tracing the devel- mon usages or those used in ed to Ann Arbor along with a humble and accept your mis- guage." opment of English words. special senses. Although work a from the Oxford English takes." Kuhn, a professor of old and Presently, the dictionary is soon commenced on the bibliog- Dictionary's publishers of a The funding is supplemented middle English at the Univer-i raphy of sources and editing of by the Horace Rackhamand sity since 1948, is the current ing published at the rate of definitions, sometimes a dozen million word slips with quota-since 1975, the Andrew Mellon tio since81948,ns themcurrenlefoundation editor of the Middle English 2 to 3 128 page fasciles a year. new word usages are still found E foundations. Dictionary. He explained that The first edition was published each week. More than 3 million Since 1936, the University has The Mellon grant allowed the slips with a word and its con- provided most of the funds for editors to double their staff, text have been found. maintaining the editorial staff so work will be completed more The projected date for com- and its publications. "The Uni- quickly. "The devil may not SPONSORED by the OFFICE OF ETHICS pletion of the project is 1982, versity is convinced our work get me after all," says Kuhn. AND RELIGION and CANTERBURY HOUSE at which time an additional is useful and practical," said Kuhn admits that the diction- book will be published detailing Prof. Kuhn, "And, though we'll ary takes time away from his words recently found and oldner be asmwe-own a he ,nattempts ublicaion { words in need of correction. football team, we do bring the and says, "I would not be in Several Michigan professors have been asked to THE EDITING rcess en- versity prestige among Ann Arbor if not for the dic- prepare a lecture as if it were the last lecture scholars. tionary, and of course I haven't prprV etr si twr h atlcue-___ ___ been overwhelmed by offers of;' they would ever give-to consider what they ber joby." feel would be most important to say. I I i I WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6th PROF. MARVIN FELHEIM AMERICAN CULTURE WE DNESDAYS, 4 TO 5 P.M. AUDITOR IUM A, ANGELL HALL Next Week: PROF. ALFRED MEYER Wednesday, October 13th Join I he Uaily Sta t I 2 -U And when 1982 and the big dictionary's completion arrive, he says, "there'll be a big cele- bration." THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVII, No. 24 Wednesday, October 6, 1976 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562.Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, IPublished d a I I y Tuesday through Sunday morning during the Univer- sity year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12 Sept. thru April (2 semes- ters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tues- day through Saturday morning. ubscripton rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. The sound of vinyl What to do with a 300 pound plastic replica of the Liberty Bell? 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