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Author: Marion Ingham
Email: eurotran at quik dot com
Date: 2008-08-01 20:52:01
Subject: Re: Errors in transcription vs. errors in original (Re: Bosworth/Toller, page b0801, entry 7)
This is a margin comment on: Bosworth/Toller, page b0801, entry 7
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> > The cross reference at the end of the entry should be to "wearg-"
> > not "wearh-"
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> Hi,
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> There's two kinds of errors: 1) cases where the electronic text fails to correctly match the original paper text, and 2) cases where Bosworth and Toller made a mistake in the paper version.
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> If it's an error of the second type, can you please note this when reporting an error? If it's the first kind of error, the fix we need to make is just to change the text; but if it's the second type, it would be better if we include tags in the electronic text to indicate the original error and its correction.
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> Thank you,
> --Sean
Ah, ok. I'm making these comments rather than corrections since they aren't really errors, but inconsistencies. In this case there is even a forwarding note saying for "wearh-" see "wearg-", but the electronic search doesn't pick that up when one searches for the compound. It's a problem in using the dictionary via electronic search but in book form it's negligible even when there isn't such a note.
Bosworth/Toller, page b0801, entry 7