Mudcat Café message #2792410

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Thread #125865 Message #2792410
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
19-Dec-09 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Subject: RE: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.

Dictionaries normally only record written usages. I learnt "skeuomorph" in 1966, and the firsy dictionary I saw it in was Chambers Dictionary 8th edition (1993).