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"CONVERT is not available for EXFAT drives."
Ken Blake wrote:
...but I doubt, in the case of this thread subtopic which generated discussion about the OED, I doubt anyone wants to run to the library to look up 'quids' vbg I had assumed that what Tim meant was that access to the OED was provided by his library at his home, via the library's web site. Tim, am I right? If I'm wrong, I'm not interested in it. Absolutely. I can access it from home, either by going through the library's web site or by going to the OED site and logging in with my library card number. I do not have to go down to the library to consult the OED. -- Tim Slattery tim at risingdove dot com |
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"CONVERT is not available for EXFAT drives."
On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:08:01 -0400, ". . .winston"
wrote: Ken Blake wrote: My print version is the two volume version. It has all the same content as the 20-volume version, but with greatly reduced size, so it needs to be read with a magnifying glass. Iirc, the 'Concise' is not as inclusive...for apps its in the 200+K entry range vs. the 600+K range of the 'Shorter' version. The 20 volume edition (word wise) has about 172K full word entries, about 47K obsolete, and 9K subentries. - thus for most a one time payment of $10 or $30 for an app of either version would appear to be more than sufficient. I own many dictionaries, of various types and various sizes. If I just want to look up a word that I'm unfamiliar with, I usually use WNI2. If I want other views on the same word, I usually go to Random House or American Heritage. But if I can't find what I'm looking for, or it's a British word, or one that's obsolete, or I want more detail about things like its etymology, I go to the OED, So the COD wouldn't be of much value to me. Having said that, I should also mention that among the many dictionaries I own is a COD. But I very rarely look at it. In fact I can't remember the last time I did. |
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"CONVERT is not available for EXFAT drives."
On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:52:27 -0400, Tim Slattery
wrote: Ken Blake wrote: ...but I doubt, in the case of this thread subtopic which generated discussion about the OED, I doubt anyone wants to run to the library to look up 'quids' vbg I had assumed that what Tim meant was that access to the OED was provided by his library at his home, via the library's web site. Tim, am I right? If I'm wrong, I'm not interested in it. Absolutely. I can access it from home, either by going through the library's web site or by going to the OED site and logging in with my library card number. I do not have to go down to the library to consult the OED. Great, and thanks again. I had planned on being at the library today and asking about this while there, but something came up and I can't make it until tomorrow. I'll ask then. |
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"CONVERT is not available for EXFAT drives."
On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:17:49 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:52:27 -0400, Tim Slattery wrote: Ken Blake wrote: ...but I doubt, in the case of this thread subtopic which generated discussion about the OED, I doubt anyone wants to run to the library to look up 'quids' vbg I had assumed that what Tim meant was that access to the OED was provided by his library at his home, via the library's web site. Tim, am I right? If I'm wrong, I'm not interested in it. Absolutely. I can access it from home, either by going through the library's web site or by going to the OED site and logging in with my library card number. I do not have to go down to the library to consult the OED. Great, and thanks again. I had planned on being at the library today and asking about this while there, but something came up and I can't make it until tomorrow. I'll ask then. I just did. Sorry to say, they don't have access at all. They put me in touch with the library at the local university and suggested that they might have it. The university library *does* have it, but it's only for faculty, staff, or students. So I'm out of luck. |
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