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Re:First English dictionary of ancient Greek since Victorian... by phaemon on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:32PM (#27318922)
The article was written by a journalist. The dictionary was written by the Professors. If they say that their definition is better I'm going with that above both a journalist and a second year student unless you provide something a little more compelling evidence-wise.
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Re:First English dictionary of ancient Greek since Victorian... by Grustaf on Sunday May 30, 2021 @04:22PM (#27336386)
Presumably they talked to the editors. I don’t think they opened up LSJ at random, compared an entry to the new version and concluded that the change was made for the sake of political correctness.
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Re:First English dictionary of ancient Greek since Victorian... by phaemon on Sunday May 30, 2021 @04:54PM (#27336637)
I suspect your assumptions are wrong because you don't know many journalists. I have that misfortune. They will have taken the juiciest part of whatever they were told and made a story from it. Facts are entirely secondary.
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