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Subject: Re: [9fans] dict
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:45:29 -0400
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> > Only for people too cheap to buy the OED2 :)
>
> It's not the cost of the OED2, it's the *shipping* charges.

Well, the CD isn't so bad.  :-)  The problem with the Oxford is
that, frankly, it's too much dictionary for most people; it sounds
stupid, but there's a lot of stuff in there most people don't need.
Something like Webster's is far more accessible.

	- Dan C.

``Professor Weber; have you ever wondered what they etymology
of the word, `Cracker' is?  Perhaps you will look it up someday
and send it to me written on a postcard....''