'Dictionarymaker' Likes Solid Words
NEW YORK. — Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, the big verb and-noun man, looked up from his dictionary to anuouuce that speech may be a bit freer than it. used to be, but that it is still "under control." He estimated, however, that there are 5000 or more "nonce words ' ' floating around all the time. "Slang travels in eycles. There is a certain sincerity about it that frees it altogether from snobbery, and it leaves very little room for doubt as to its intention. There 's not the least doubt about a man's meaning when he ealls you a dub, a wet blanket or a calamity howler. You know what he means and you can't possibly kid yourself that you don't. And I don't mean maybe," he said. Dr. Vizetelly said he likes the way hewspapers "solidify" words. He'd like to see " dining room" and print seller" written like "bedroom" and "bookseller. " He would rather be known as a dietionarymaker " thau "lexicographer. "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 15
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