crossed words
We often hear about additions to the dictionary but who knew that there are plenty of words that get thrown out? Apparently the lexicographers at Merriam-Webster’s can only keep track of so many words in the dictionary.
Link via h20boro lib blog.
September 29th, 2003 at 2:17 pm
CANNOT.
Moorishgirl links to a review by David Kipen of the new 11th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, which we’ve recently gotten at work. It’s not bad for a newspaper review—it points out that “dictionaries are snapshots from life, no…