Re: The Oxford English Dictionary

Subject: Re: The Oxford English Dictionary
From: "Lin Sims" <linda -dot- sims -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:05:46 -0400

Dullard: someone who can open an encyclopedia or dictionary and
only read what they'd planned to


On 27 Aug 2001, at 19:14, Bruce Byfield wrote:

> That said, the OED in any edition can be fascinating if you're of the
> right mind. It's one of history's great works of scholarship, with at
> least one citation (the earliest known) for every recorded use of a
> word.

> For me, the biggest problem is not getting totally sidetracked when I
> open a volume; most of the time, when I open it to track down one
> word, the next thing I know a couple of hours have passed and I still
> haven't got around to my original query. Definitely a dangerous
asset.
Lin

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