Re:Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary surviv...
by aethertap on Sunday February 25, 2018 @02:57PM
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I have the full 20-ish volume print edition, which is fun to peruse sometimes if you have the shelf space for it. I got mine used for somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 on ebay, so you might check there.
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Re:Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary surviv...
by coatmatter on Sunday February 25, 2018 @03:38PM
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I've heard about the existence of the full volume, but to date I don't think I've ever seen nor laid hands on it (if I've seen it, I think I would have remembered browsing it). I have a feeling that most people who speak English as their primary language won't even be aware of its existence.
The Encyclopædia Britannica is the only thing I've (slightly) leafed through before I started really getting online. I remember its thin pages and dry reading compared to less formal encyclopedias. I even remember pining over advertisements of the CD/DVD set and thinking about whether it'd be better to connect to the internet at home, or get the DVD of Britannica.
Re:Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary surviv...
by twic on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:07PM
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My mum has the compact edition, which is the full OED printed in tiny type:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Oxford-English-Dictionary/d...
Yours in mildly wrecked condition for only 23 quid:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Dictionary-COMPLETE-SLIP-CA...