SC - OED
MAGGIE SECARA
SECARAM at mainsaver.com
Tue May 11 09:59:16 PDT 1999
The 2-volume version of the OED (complete with magnifying glass) is often
offered as a membership premium by Book of the Month club -- usually in
magazines like Smithsonian. I got mine that way for about $20.
Cheers!
MaggiRos
Mairghread-Rós FitzGarret of Desmond, O.L. (Caid)
secaram at mainsaver.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LrdRas at aol.com [SMTP:LrdRas at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 10:27 PM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - OED
>
> In a message dated 5/11/99 12:30:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ddendy at silk.net
> writes:
>
> << Surely your part of the world is not so benighted that it does not have
> a
> public library? I don't know about there, but where I live any public
> library except the smallest system has a set of the OED, available for
> consultation free to any user. (And there are published microprinted
> versions of the OED, at not insignificant but not unbelievable prices,
> which
> can be purchased for home use) >>
>
> All of this true but do you run to the libray everytime you want to look
> up a
> word? The OED was excessible through universities sites on-line instantly
> until Dec. That acecess was cut off for tjhose not paying for the
> privelege
> of gaining knowledge. That is what I view as a grievous wrong.
>
> With over half of American households having web access there is no reason
>
> that the resources of library cannot be made to everyone on-line. When one
> of
> those resources is offered for a short while and then snatched awy, I find
> it
> appalling. I also find it offensive that the priveleged few have free
> access
> while others must go out of their way to get access. This is not the
> universities fault. They offered it freely but were forced to sign a
> restrictive use contract to be able to use the on-line version. The onus
> lies
> squarely on the shoulders of the publishers of this dictionary.
>
> Ras
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