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Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by bovine3dom on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @02:29AM (#19916899)
You just need to find en-GB-oxendict [1]. Oxford spelling is used quite heavily in academia so it ought to be easy to burglarise ;)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling

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Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by kwhitefoot on Friday May 17, 2019 @04:04PM (#19943045)
Shouldn't that be burglarize? Except of course that in British English it would just be burgle.
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Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by bovine3dom on Friday May 17, 2019 @04:14PM (#19943146)
Yeah - it was a joke :)
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