atw: Re: No more OED - what about the Macquarie?
- From: Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:31:07 +1000
I hope the Macquarie lasts in print for a while yet.
It was used every day by my daughter in her last few years of school. She
was web-based for most things, but preferred the Mac in book form.
Bob T
On 13 September 2010 18:48, Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, if you read the latest issue of Michael Quinions World Wide Words
> newsletter (http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/mnvc.htm - scroll down to
> item 3), you'll see that the final decision about the fate of the OED is
> apparently yet to be made. The Daily Telegraph article Jasmine refers to
> seems just to be quoting the Sunday Times article which contained the
> 'unguarded comment' of the Chief Executive of the OUP that led to
> speculation which has now been rapidly hosed down.
>
> Howard
>
> On 13 September 2010 15:02, Jasmine Andrews
> <jasminethetrainer@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Just spotted this in the SWF newsletter. No more OED print edition.
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7970391/Oxford-English-Dictionary-will-not-be-printed-again.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
>>
>> Jasmine
>>
>
>
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