A Conversation for 'Hitchhiker' Quotations in the Oxford English Dictionary
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Started conversation Dec 17, 2012
How wonderful to learn that DNA is in the OED
quoted with the likes of my old pal Milton on the
subject of space. Great minds expand into the
cosmos ..and beyond.
Wonderful entry Icy. 
Thank you
~jwf~
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Icy North Posted Dec 17, 2012
You're welcome, jwf - thanks for reading!
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Geggs Posted Dec 17, 2012
It is indeed a great entry, and while I'm on the subject of great things, the accompanying illustration is perfect too.
With the coloured lettering on the black background it evokes Rob Lord's graphics for the Guide from the TV series, and so feels light a perfect fit of the Entry. I'm guessing all the words in the illustration were culled from the Entry? Certainly looks that way.
Our artists (be they Official or otherwise) really are capable of great things.
Geggs
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Icy North Posted Dec 18, 2012
The Artists were bereft of ideas, so they asked me. I just bunged the entry into a word-cloud generator and mailed them the result.
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Geggs Posted Dec 18, 2012
Well, it works for me. 
So, double congratulations on the Entry and the artwork , Icy!
Geggs
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Icy North Posted Aug 1, 2016
The OED Blog has finally caught up with this subject (I see the h2g2 Editors re-tweeted them earlier today).
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/05/language-of-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/
But remember you saw it here first
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