Sujet : Re: Robert Cawdrey finishes _A Table Alphabetical_ (27-6-1604)
De : kehoea (at) *nospam* parhasard.net (Aidan Kehoe)
Groupes : sci.langDate : 02. Jul 2024, 06:09:36
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Ar an dara lá de mí Iúil, scríobh Ross Clark:
> This is the date at the end of the Preface.
> One of those pre-dictionaries.
> The first English word list with English-only definitions, arranged *in
> alphabetical order* (as explained in the Preface).
> It was in the "hard words" tradition -- 2,449 of them.
>
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_CawdreyFrom its preface:
“Legere, et non intelligere, neglegere est.
As good not read, as not to vnderstand.”
I hadn’t picked up that “neglect” was related to “legere”
-- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’(C. Moore)