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I stumbled onto a site that has a couple odd-ball dictionaries that can be used on line, and also has titles and authors of a number of unusual dictionaries Check it out, it's very interesting. http://www.blueray.com/dictionary/
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DRAT! I knew there was something I had forgotten to tell you all.
Believe it or not, if thou art a member of Book of the Month Club, you have FREE and apparently unlimited access to the online OED!!!
If you decide you want to join, let me know first so I can arrange to get some free books for getting you into the club.
TEd
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Thanks, Dr. Bill, and you led me to an odd coincidence. I couldn't get into Mrs. Byrne's dictionary, but found listed a "Mrs. Byrne's Word a Day" site. The small print of that site credits Kibbutz Ketura in Israel -- where a good friend of mine lives.
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If you decide you want to join, let me know first so I can arrange to get some free books for getting you into the club.
Careful TEd - You'll have the commercial usage police after you! Imagine getting anything except mental stimulation out of AWAD!
Tsk, tsk [and how the hell DO you pronounce this?-e]
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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couple of daysI know my short-term memory's crap, but didn't we have this conversation about two months ago or whenever Dr Bill actually became a PB?  So, the OED - land of the free, or what's the answer?
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ask your librarian if they have a licence; you may even be able to log in from your pc.
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if any of you actually collect word books, here are some comments on the "Recommended Titles" at this site:
The Word Lover's Dictionary : Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words is seemingly just a paperback reissue of Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary -- which we've mentioned here often (file under 'another stupid marketing ploy').
the Eugene Ehrlich books (Highly Selective...) contain "hard words" culled from the likes of MWC-10 defined in a prescriptive manner - how he thinks they should be used.
The Devil's Dictionary is Ambrose Bierce's hilarious satire of the Human Condition - not really a dictionary at all.
The Dictionary of Highly Unusual Words -- the mostly unusual thing about these words is their structure; letters in alphabetical order and the like.... ideas for some of Anu's theme weeks.
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