RIP OED

June 30, 2014 by Rufus McCain at 3:39 pm

http://booksandpublishing.com/the-latest-news/rip-for-oed-as-worlds-finest-dictionary-goes-out-of-print

Webb has a set. Scholars will be knocking at his door when the (other) Web unravels.

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Matthew Lickona says

July 1, 2014 at 7:57 am

“The 13-volume OED was presented to me by my Carysfort colleagues when I left in 1981, the rubber stout bottle on the front of the desk by my son Christopher, and the silver whisky measure beside it – ‘just a thimbleful’ – by my good friend Matthew Evans. I could go on.”

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Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

July 1, 2014 at 9:13 pm

You just know Wiseblood’s going to reprint it.

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