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#123327 09/17/04 10:13 PM
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D'ye hae this ane?

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/


#123328 09/18/04 12:17 AM
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Not until now. Thanks.


#123329 09/23/04 10:07 PM
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Another one from the gold mine that is aldiboronti of wordorigins:

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/language_resources.html


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Thanks, F. Do you happen to know if there is any review of the user editing that is done? It's a little wiki-ish. In the case of wikipedia, there is no review of the user editing at all, so I could edit the page on Hannukkah to describe it as a Mayan blood sacrifice ritual, dedicated to the God Zarniwoop. I am loathe to point to a resource as easily invalidated.


#123331 09/24/04 12:48 AM
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I suggested it for the wealth of old Germanic dictionaries, editing of which is all done and gone lo these many years hence. Might not be the latest research, but


#123332 09/24/04 04:57 AM
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Good enough. I was just a little concerned by this:
"The Volunteer page contains a sophisticated web-based system which allows you to reserve a dictionary page, correct it, and submit the corrections. Please volunteer!"


#123333 09/30/04 01:13 AM
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I don't think you have this one, Max:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/

But beware. There's quicksand in there.


#123334 12/24/04 07:40 PM
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Just a note to say that the address of my list has changed slightly
http://maxqnzs.com/References.html


#123335 02/19/05 12:58 AM
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From maverick:
Here's another...?

http://www.zompist.com/langfaq.html




#123336 02/25/05 11:41 PM
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Thanks to Lizzie on w/origins for pointing out the BBC site element:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/C54721

Lots of interesting specific topics summarised – for example, see: Alphabets and writing systems / The development of the Western Alphabet.



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