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Thread #37618   Message #526178
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
12-Aug-01 - 01:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Reasons why English is so hard to learn
Subject: RE: BS: Reasons why English is so hard to learn
KatL, somehow I passed over your post without seeing it. I have bookmarked the heteronym site for later reading.I found Webster's Collegiate with CD-ROM in a used bookstore, so it is linked to my computer but rarely used. The dictionary it came in is beside my monitor. The book is the one I find the quickest. I have to cross the room to get to the OED volumes so they are used mostly for word history. I have several Merriam Websters- the older ones have many of the commoner Scots and North England words which have been dropped to make room for the Newspeak and words necessitated by technology. Changes in pronounciation and meanings can also be traced. A few used bookstores have older ones, but most dealers toss them in the garbage- ask a dealer you know to save them for you.