BRAIN, BOC: My review of *Malpractise*

[Stephen Lindsey]

Now Carl, I would have thought you'd been at Cambridge long enough now to know
that the words Oxford and "hot-shit" should never ever be used in the same
sentence ;-)  (although a portion of the phrase is quite alright)

Steve L.

> > << And yes, anal-retentive is hyphenated, not like I'd know or anything
> like
> >  that, but my 10 volume Oxford English dictionary and four supplements
> >  reports this.
> >
> > Okay, but I bet it spells "color" with a "u," too...:-)
>
>      Actually, I strongly suspect the OED notes the American variant
> "color" under its "colour" entry, and marks it as the standard American
> spelling.  The OED could be improved, but it is pretty hot shit as it is.
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> --
> Carl Edlund Anderson
> Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic
> St. John's College, University of Cambridge