Date:    Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:21:38 -0400
<br>From:    Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Pomo
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<br>On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Larry Horn wrote:
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<br>> I take it Mr. Shulman hasn't caught any performances of the Pomo Afro
<br>> Homos. (If he read the Times as well as New York Press, he wouldn't have
<br>> needed to ask.)  ANd I must say, he doesn't SOUND like someone on the staff
<br>> of the OED.  ("I've never heard it, so it must be gibberish" indeed.)
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<br>I too was taken aback by David Shulman's reaction to the word _pomo_ and
<br>by his description of himself as a staff member of the OED.  Let me point
<br>out, however, that Dave has been a major contributor to the OED, although
<br>I do not believe he has ever been a staff member.  Let me also point out
<br>that Dave's comments may perhaps be influenced by advanced age or poor
<br>health, if this is not too patronizing.  I hope that Dave will not be
<br>judged too harshly for these comments; he has undoubtedly contributed more
<br>to our knowledge of the English language than the great majority of the
<br>people on this list.
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