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"Bouma" enters the Official Dictionary of Unofficial English
Posted by Number3Pencils in
28 Apr 2011 — 6:51pm
28 Apr 2011 — 6:51pm
I was researching something else today and I found the pretty well put together Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (it even has a quote from William Safire on the cover!). And it includes Hrant's famous "bouma", along with a quote from him as one of its seminal uses.
I couldn't find any evidence that this news has been broken to Hrant and the rest of the Typophile community, so I thought I ought to make a topic.
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29 Apr 2011 — 7:02am
In an actual printed book?! That's awesome!
You've made my day - thanks.
hhp
8 May 2011 — 5:18pm
now I know what
a Bouma is
8 May 2011 — 5:53pm
Gary, did you Lack-a-bouma before this? ;-)
8 May 2011 — 6:42pm
This is and will always be my definition of Bouma
8 May 2011 — 7:31pm
Or as they say in Boston, when addressing children born just after WWII "Baby Boomahs" ;-P
9 May 2011 — 2:41am
Nice! By the way, Peter Enneson tells me that in Dutch the "ou" in Bouma is pronounced as "ow" in "cow", not as "oo" in "boom". Does the dictionary indicate the pronunciation?
9 May 2011 — 5:59am
Yes, it's "ow". I used to pronounce it "oo" (even though I knew
of the native pronunciation) but Peter eventually convinced me
to use "ow" instead. For one thing it makes it sound fancier. :-)
hhp
9 May 2011 — 8:05am
I guess you had to bow to Peter's language heritage ;-)
9 May 2011 — 8:23am
Peter Ennison, of this book?
(Fast-reading the colophon brings back memories. I have worked with both Françoise Berserik and with the late Teus de Jong!)
9 May 2011 — 9:30am
Yes, and Typophiler, particularly on reading theory.
9 May 2011 — 9:47am
"Peter Ennison, of this book?"
Yes, and he is also fun on a road trip through Georgia ;-)
10 May 2011 — 7:03am
FWIW, I like esoteric dictionaries to begin with, so I bought it! :-)
Thanks again for the ref.
hhp
13 May 2011 — 12:29am
Heh, happy to provide it. I'm glad it's brought such joy.
13 May 2011 — 6:30am
The vain are easily pleased!
hhp
29 Jan 2013 — 11:54pm
My latest font attempt plays ..neh ...toys with/in the realm of Bouma.
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