Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:15:47 -0400

From: Elizabeth Gibbens gibbens[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NYTIMES.COM

Subject: Re: Email Address Needed



Dear Jesse,



I am sure you have seen my query to the ADS list about "privilege."

Mr. Safire would appreciate your insights in particular. In addition, could

you comment on the term "presentism"? According to the _OED_, it has been

around since the 1970's. It means "seeing the past through the glass of the

present," and I believe, although I don't yet have an answer, that it is

used by new-historicist critics.



If you would like to reply, please do so by tomorrow morning. Mr.

Safire is on deadline. Thanks.



Elizabeth Gibbens





At 11:50 AM 7/23/97 -0400, you wrote:



Does anyone have the e-mail address of Evan Morris? I have to ask

her a question about William and Mary Morris' _Dictionary of Word and Phrase

Origins_. Thanks--



His preferred address is:



words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]word-detective.com



Best,



Jesse Sheidlower

jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com





Elizabeth Gibbens

Researcher

William Safire's "On Language"

The New York Times