Lexical Leavings
by Tom Gally
Changes in society are sometimes slow to be reflected in dictionaries. While the Encyclopedia Britannica
notes that "[b]y the late 1970s and early '80s, the steel industry [in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] had virtually disappeared--a result of
foreign competition and decreased demand," at least two recently
published English-Japanese dictionaries haven't heard the news yet:PittsburghA recent English-English dictionary needs updating, too:
ピッツバーグ（米国Pennsylvania州の鉄工業都市）.
Pittsburgh
ピッツバーグ（米国Pennsylvania州の鉄鋼業都市）.
Pittsburgh
a city in the US in south-western Pennsylvania; a port where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers converge to form the Ohio; steel industry. Pop 369 879 (1990).
(February 16, 2003)