Comment on you have to subscribe to the dictionary now
stoly@lemmy.world 11 months agoThe OED is like 150 years old with literally thousands of people scouring every possible source of English for any possible permutation of every word ever. It’s a reference for specialists, not public consumption.
mateomaui@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Yet every unusual entry I thought to look up says this:
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Some aren’t even that complicated or lengthy to define. As a specialist who would possibly use it, not terribly impressed.
stoly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Shockingly, the use of the word “the” might not be all that interesting. That’s not the point, the goal is to document all possible uses and that is laudable.
mateomaui@reddthat.com 11 months ago
That is possibly the dumbest reply you could have come up with. I commend you.
stoly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gotcha, you were never arguing in good faith.