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Non Words

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Rick Mason

What would you call a collection of non words? That question occurs to me with the news that Oxford University Press has a vault containing millions of “non words” notated on 4″ x 6″ cards.  These are the words that … Continue reading →

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Mash-Up is not a new term

Posted on 11 March 2010 by Rick Mason

From the Oxford English Dictionary, via Ron Murray at the Library of Congress, through the Disruptive Library Technology Jester, comes the news that the term “Mash-Up”, with roughly the same meaning as today, is over 150 years old! The modern … Continue reading →

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