tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1624581980388772751..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The world's greatest dictionary goes all-electronicPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33113392084090076322010-08-30T09:45:13.796-05:002010-08-30T09:45:13.796-05:00Typical solution reached by bean counters whose wo...Typical solution reached by bean counters whose work typically has zero relationship to the real world other than in terms of how cheapy can we produce our product.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85342873980335186072010-08-30T08:04:57.047-05:002010-08-30T08:04:57.047-05:00Online resources have many shortcomings compared t...Online resources have many shortcomings compared to print editions. For instance, type in 'hats' in the OED's search box and it tells you there's no such word; type in 'cats' and you're taken directly to the 'catmint' page (because cats-mint is an alternative spelling). More reasons why I won't be throwing away my collection of traditional dictionaries here: http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_virtual_linguist/2010/08/oed-online.html#tpVirtual Linguisthttp://www.virtuallinguist.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com