Re: dictionary

Once upon a time, far far away, the king summoned Saint Firk
<rupert.murdoch@sky.com> who replied:

>I'll stick with my 10" thick OED (offline), until I feel the need to go high tech.

They are also online, but quite rightly charge. But like you, I use
them offline (have the shorter edition on CD)

>
>Must admit I was quite gutted when Encyclopedia Britannica stopped going out of
>print Although I do have Encyclopedia Britannica from 1919 and 1964
>

They have republished in repro format the original edition from 1768
to 1771 (it was published in installments that week by week built into
a .... see, nothing's new <g>)

Anyway, it's great for contemporary data.

Matt

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Matt Probert wrote:

[Encyclopaedia Britannica]
> it was published in installments that week by week built
> into a ....

Scale model of the HMS Bounty? <g>

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