deleted words from OED

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Nina Boyd
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deleted words from OED

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Interesting article on page 1 of the Guardian today (27.11.2012) about historical deletion of foreign words from OED by anglocentric editor.
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BALISAUR and BOVIANDER would've been great Countdown words. What an idiot.
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Well it's a stack of new pencils to arrive at some point in the next few years, assuming they filter through to the relevant edition.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/no ... eted-words
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