Reading about the 19th century battles between Noah Webster and his many enemies, real and imagined, I was struck by the famed American lexicographer and others’ frequent resort to the anonymous article. In 1834, an article in a Massachusetts periodical accused Joseph Worcester, Webster’s mild-mannered rival, of “gross plagiarism”.
閱讀有關19世紀諾亞•韋伯斯特(Noah Webster)和他的衆多敵人(無論是真實的還是想像的)鬥爭的書籍時,我對這位著名的美國詞典編纂者和其他人經常搬出那篇匿名文章感到驚訝。1834年,麻薩諸塞州一本期刊上發表了一篇文章,指責韋伯斯特的對手、溫文爾雅的約瑟夫•伍斯特(Joseph Worcester)「嚴重抄襲」。
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