Online OED

Has anyone got access to the online OED? I'm interested in the history of the word "fella" as synonym for mate (as opposed to husband).

I noticed the name Harriet Martineau being mentioned on the Toady Programme this morning in the item on the new OED online, as someone who gave 38 words to the English language, although no one thought to name them (and a bit of Google Fu discovers... she worked on the OED).

Today someone looked at my photo of a Harriet Martineau plaque and asked me to add it to a Flickr group. Coincidence?

2010 Films CV-CXVI

I haven't done this since October... I fear I've missed some out, but on the whole I've been watching tv - various Doctor Who serials "The Time Warrior", "The Sontaran Experiment", "The Deadly Assassin", "Masque Of Mandragora", "Frontier In Space", "Planet of the Daleks", "Destiny Of The Daleks", "The Hand Of Fear", "The Robots Of Death", "The Three Doctors" and "Planet of Evil".

Lots of gothic horror one there, and surely "The Deadly Assassin" is one of the poorest titles ever... as opposed to "The Friendly Assassin"? And how come the assassinated time lord doesn't regenerate?

I suspect I've seen more than this on tv, but have no notes on it.



( CV: The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979) )

( CVI: Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2008) )

( CVII: Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987) )

( CVI: La Planète Sauvage ((The Savage Planet) Fantastic Planet, René Laloux, 1973) )

( CVIII: Otolith III (Otilith Group, 2009) )

( CIX: Rollerball (Norman Jewison, 1975) )

( CX: Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, 1975) )

( CXI: The Quatermass Conclusion (Piers Haggard, 1979) )

( CXII: Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) )

( CXIII: Time After Time (Nicholas Meyer, 1979) )

( CXIV: God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976) )

( CXV: Capricorn One (Peter Hyam, 1978) )

( CXVI: The Omega Man (Boris Sagar, 1971) )

Scariness

1. Snow balls through the letter box, repeatedly.
   
2. When thinking, "Must pay council tax", realise haven't paid credit card bills.
   
3. Having installed the updated Scrivener, read message "Old format, cannot open file". Yes, it allows you to converts, but I nearly lost my guts.