_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoyou have to subscribe to the dictionary nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageyou have to subscribe to the dictionary nowlemmy.world_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
i’ve never been on this site before – that is to say, you don’t even get like a couple free words what a joke
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThe OED is like 150 years old with literally thousands of people scouring every possible source of English for any possible permutation of every word ever. It’s a reference for specialists, not public consumption.
minus-squaremateomaui@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYet every unusual entry I thought to look up says this: Some aren’t even that complicated or lengthy to define. As a specialist who would possibly use it, not terribly impressed.
The OED is like 150 years old with literally thousands of people scouring every possible source of English for any possible permutation of every word ever. It’s a reference for specialists, not public consumption.
Yet every unusual entry I thought to look up says this:
Some aren’t even that complicated or lengthy to define. As a specialist who would possibly use it, not terribly impressed.