Anonymous ID: 173daf Nov. 17, 2021, 10:03 p.m. No.15025285   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5289

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Read any dictionary written before the 1900's and you will find (for the most part)today's dictionaries are are part of the dumbing down of America

 

How it began 1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary

More work than they thought 1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project, the editors reach ant

One step at a time 1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles

Keeping it current 1933-1986: Supplements to the OED

Making it modern 1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition

Into the electronic age 1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published

The future has begun The present: The OED is now being fully revised, with new material published in parts online