O.E.D. goes dot.com
By Dave
May 12th, 2008 | Leave a comment
If you have a bound version of the Oxford English Dictionary, you might want to hang onto it. It’s about to become a collectors’ item.
New York Times writer Virginia Heffernan laments, “The future is here, and the immortal O.E.D., the one that lives in bound pages last published micrographically in 1991, is obsolete — at least according to the folks who publish it. As of now, Oxford University Press has no official plans to publish a new print edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
“But while The New York Times and other newspapers have refrained from rash decisions about their print editions, the Oxford English Dictionary — staid, right? — has already shaken off the shackles of print and said cheerio (“a parting exclamation of encouragement”) to books! The stab I felt was sharper than nostalgia. It was fear.”
On the other hand, if you thought you could never afford the O.E.D. or thought it was too bulky, point your itty-bitty Apple MacBook Air at this: http://oed.com/.
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