Webster's Third Stirring Storm Over Language Changes
The Webster's Third New International Dictionary has critics calling it a scandal and debased verbal currency while supporters defend its modern usage. The debate centers on terms reclassified from slang to standard English and new entries such as hot-rod and gobbledygook, drawing reactions from writers teachers and scholars.
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George W. Cornell
NEW York
Webster
Gordon J. Gallan
G. & C. Merriam Co
Webster and Webster’s new unabridged dictionary sparks debate
In Atlantic Monthly noted by Wilson Follett the Webster dictionary revision is controversial for embracing new words and usages. Dr. Philip B. Cove defends the project as interpreting language for the era while publishers say language belongs to the people who use it.
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Wilson Follett
Atlantic Monthly
Philip B. Cove
Noah Webster
Gallan
Helen Worden Erskine column and scouts class notes
Dear Helen advice on a 19 year old considering marriage to a taller partner. Also a 17 year old newlywed couple seeking parental visitation. Wills probated list follows with executors and beneficiaries. A Boy Scouts fingerprinting merit badge class at Frederick City Police Headquarters is detailed with participants named. A concluding line notes ten years of US airlines with fewer than one fatality per 100 million passenger miles.
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Helen Worden Erskine
Helen
Frederick City
Boy Scouts For America
U.S
Women's Clubs and Social Security Notes in February Meeting
The Jug Bridge Homemakers Club met in the McCarmel Church social room February 114 with Willie Dunn of Hagerstown speaking on Social Security benefits and payments. Delegates to Hood College meeting were named. 4H activities at Montevue reported. memorials for two charter members observed. Lectures covered old age benefits and how to apply, with reminders about required documents and early filing.
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Jug Bridge Club
Jug Bridge Homemakers Club
Mc.Carmel Church
Willie Dunn
Hagerstown
Ray Baker
Harry Hamilton
Daniel Thomas
Frank Grimes
Hood College
Charles Murphy
East Frederick
Murray Fox
Montevue
Jug Bridge
Lolg King
Thomas Kling
Reaper
Paul Main
Violet Neal
Eston Hoffman
Grace Burall
John Engle
College Estates
Wilbur King
Social Security Office
College Estates Homemakers Club
King
Social Security Administration
Baltimore
Gerald Brindle
Charles Hartley
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
W. 5. King
North Cannon Avenue
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