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| "Verbatim" - Erin McKean speaks at Google |
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Erin McKean, editor and lexicographer for the
New Oxford American Dictionary, tells Google
the ten things she wishes people knew about
dictionaries, how people go about making new
words, and how lexicographers use Google.
Erin McKean has wanted to be a lexicographer
since she was eight years old. She has a BA
and an MA in Linguistics from the University
of Chicago, where she wrote her master's
thesis on the treatment of phrasal verbs in
children's dictionaries. While at the
University of Chicago, she worked as a
volunteer at the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary.
Before OUP, Erin spent eight years at Scott
Foresman, where she worked on the Thorndike
Barnhart children's dictionaries. Erin is a
member of the...
Tags : dictionaries Sewing Crafts Arts |
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Affichage : 1844
Durée : 3287 s |
| Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary |
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http://www.ted.com - Is the beloved paper
dictionary doomed to extinction? When does a
made-up word become real? And could you use
"synecdochical" in a sentence, please? In
this infectiously exuberant talk, leading
lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many
ways in which today's print dictionary is
poised for transformation in this internet
era.
Tags : ted tedtalks lexicography language |
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Affichage : 11367
Durée : 1067 s |
| Dave Mckean - Sonnet 138 |
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(A short movie of Dave Mckean about Sonnet
138 {Shakespeare}
When my love swears that she is made of
truth,
I do believe her though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutored youth,
Unlearned in the world's false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me
young,
Although she knows my days are past the best,
Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue,
On both sides thus is simple truth
suppressed:
But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O love's best habit is in seeming trust,
And age in love, loves not to have years
told.
Therefore I lie with her, and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flattered be.
Tags : Dave Mckean Sonnet Shakespeare |
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Affichage : 18867
Durée : 70 s |
| McKean shmoozes about William Demarest |
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"William Demarest was, in a lot of ways, kind
of the primo Preston Sturges guy. He was a
go-to guy. He does a fall in MIRACLE OF
MORGAN'S CREEK. He trys to kick his daughter.
Which was a laudable impulse in the plot, as
I recall. Trying to kick Diana Lynn in the
butt. And he lets fly with a kick. Misses her
by a good 6 inches. And flies straight up in
the air and lands flat on his back. And you
think: either this man has been killed or
he's done a very very funny fall. And it
turned out to be the latter. Because he stuck
around for another probably 40 years."
[Michael McKean]
Tags : michael mckean christopher guest ken bowser noah baumbach |
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Affichage : 347
Durée : 571 s |
| McKean on the chase scene in SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS |
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Mike forgot to talk about the scene where the
bowl of pancake batter magically falls into
the hands of the cook. Which is arguably the
best bit in the whole movie. Mike & Chris
draw attention to the non-sequitur joke about
the lighthouse keeper on San Clemente Island.
Tags : michael mckean christopher guest |
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Affichage : 646
Durée : 506 s |
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