Comments on: I call bullshit on the OED http://uberthings.com/2006/06/06/i-call-bullshit-on-the-oed/ keepin' the world über safe since 1977 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: michael http://uberthings.com/2006/06/06/i-call-bullshit-on-the-oed/comment-page-1/#comment-42 michael Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:13:24 +0000 http://uberthings.com/2006/06/06/i-call-bullshit-on-the-oed/#comment-42 Actually, I'm not disputing when the term was incorrectly defined and popularized by the NYTimes. The Engadget article that I link to is all about correcting that. The OED piece on the other hand is like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_streets" rel="nofollow">trap street</a> left by the NYTimes. You'll notice that they cunningly don't attribute the source of the definition, although the NYT and Engaddget pieces were written nearl four months earlier on the 2 of March. My beef is with the OED for not bothering to check their facts independently, and not attributing correctly, rather than the incorrect example that was used to popularize the term. Actually, I’m not disputing when the term was incorrectly defined and popularized by the NYTimes. The Engadget article that I link to is all about correcting that. The OED piece on the other hand is like a trap street left by the NYTimes. You’ll notice that they cunningly don’t attribute the source of the definition, although the NYT and Engaddget pieces were written nearl four months earlier on the 2 of March.

My beef is with the OED for not bothering to check their facts independently, and not attributing correctly, rather than the incorrect example that was used to popularize the term.

]]> By: zephoria http://uberthings.com/2006/06/06/i-call-bullshit-on-the-oed/comment-page-1/#comment-41 zephoria Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:13:37 +0000 http://uberthings.com/2006/06/06/i-call-bullshit-on-the-oed/#comment-41 Well, actually, you're not entirely correct. The NYTimes introduced (and "popularized") the term bluensarfing in relation to Paris. The NYTimes coverage was wrong on technical grounds, but it was the source of the popularization and it was in relation to Paris even though her Sidekick wasn't bluesnarfed. So it's a question of when a term is popularized regardless of the accuracy of the event that sparked it. Well, actually, you’re not entirely correct. The NYTimes introduced (and “popularized”) the term bluensarfing in relation to Paris. The NYTimes coverage was wrong on technical grounds, but it was the source of the popularization and it was in relation to Paris even though her Sidekick wasn’t bluesnarfed. So it’s a question of when a term is popularized regardless of the accuracy of the event that sparked it.

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