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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:06

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:09

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SenoraPostrophe · 27/04/2005 14:12

I have one. My proudest posession (I have the "compact" one with letters like flyspecks). I'll be back in a min.

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SenoraPostrophe · 27/04/2005 14:13

PS doesn't exist online as far as I know - the DVD version costs hundreds and is huge.

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SenoraPostrophe · 27/04/2005 14:13

PPS can it wait until this evening? - just had an important work email in.

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:14

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:14

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roisin · 27/04/2005 14:18

OED online costs £195 + VAT pa!

You can search the 'compact OED' here for free

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:20

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Iklboo · 27/04/2005 14:23

Hi - we've got the online OED at work here. This is what it came up with for flyspeck-

fly-speck, -spot, (a) a stain produced by the excrement of an insect; also fig.; (b) a plant disease, esp. of apples and pears, caused by the fungus Leptothyrium pomi;

Er...hope that helps?

Tracy

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Easy · 27/04/2005 14:24

I keep promising myself a copy (on dvd) alnog with Encyclopedia Britannica.

when I was about 8, my dad bought a real set of britannica, and I remember the joy of being able to look up anything I wanted.

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:26

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handlemecarefully · 27/04/2005 14:27

Intrigued - why do you need to know?

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Iklboo · 27/04/2005 14:29

It's with the hyphen ggglimpopo. Can't see anything on there without I'm afraid

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:30

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Easy · 27/04/2005 14:34

gg,

The problem with looking things up on the internet (generic), is that soooooo much of the content is unvarified, and indeed, unvarifiable.

Anyway, I have a romantic attachment to books in their physical form, and feel quite sad that we can't get Britannica as a set of books anymore, evrn tho' I appreciate the value of hyperlinks etc that electronic means can supply.

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 14:38

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SenoraPostrophe · 27/04/2005 20:09

ggg- I think they must have run the pattern agaisnt a US dictionary - does this help?

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 20:30

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 20:31

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SenoraPostrophe · 27/04/2005 20:32

have you been writing too much? you seem to have lost your ability with words...(jahgawn???)

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ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 20:36

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