Some public libraries (e.g. in San Francisco) offer free web access to the OED, one only needs to log in with the library card number and a password. A great resource. I had no idea until one day I bothered to read their "Articles and Databases" page.
-- Jan On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Larry McDavid <lmcda...@lmceng.com> wrote: > That is interesting and the typical way the OED folks do things. > > For those interested in the OED itself, I suggest you consider the book, > "The Professor and the Madman," telling about one main contributor to the > OED. > > If you don't find an OED in your own home (!), check your local library and > be amazed. Alas, some libraries acquire only the three-volume set. > > Larry McDavid > NASS Registrar > > > > On 4/4/2014 4:42 AM, Woody Sullivan wrote: >> >> Gnomonic friends & colleagues: >> >> The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is _the_ authority on the English >> >> language worldwide. They have just issued a request for comments on the >> first recorded usage of the word "dialler", involving a 17th-century >> citation in >> Alice Morse Earle's 1902 book /Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday ./ >> >> If you'd like to learn more, see >> http://public.oed.com/appeals/mathematick-rules/ for full details. >> >> - Woody Sullivan > > ... > -- > Best wishes, > > Larry McDavid W6FUB > Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
