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By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:25:26 +0000

Mr. Seward,

You used “myself” incorrectly in your sentence “Though the feature was recently improved, it remains a mild annoyance for myself and many others who nervously click and highlight text on webpages.”

It should have said “me.”

I’m just sayin’….

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By: Leslie Barrett

Leslie Barrett — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:39:46 +0000

I think Latin – even common idioms – should be excluded from the list. The look-up factor for non-English words will always be higher. On the other hand a separate list for foreign words and phrases would be helpful – it could become a useful indicator of foreign lexicon adoption. It would be fun to watch the changes in the lists over time….

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By: Zach Seward

Zach Seward — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:49:38 +0000

Thanks for that link, Anna. The NYT post was published after mine, which was based on a leaked memo.

By: Anna Haynes

Anna Haynes — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:21:32 +0000

Grrr. I know I’m 6 months out of date, but Zachary, did you give a link to the NYTimes blog post that you’re writing about? I don’t see it in this post (though perhaps my poor aged eyes are at fault) – it’s
Big, Fancy Words
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/big-fancy-words
- and, it seems, even that post doesn’t provide the words in a way that’ll let readers easily find out their definitions by double-clicking.
Grrrr.

That’s passive-aggressive journalism. “We’ll tell you about stuff you want to know, but no, we will not tell you _what_ you want to know”

(either that, or I am too dense to figure out where you’re providing the latter)

By: Merlinaut

Merlinaut — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:43:56 +0000

Wow! Only the ads click for me on the NY Times.
Thanks for sharing all this.