tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post1474530975610404201..comments2024-03-29T00:34:59.084-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: They Did WHAT?!?Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-69582286072952856412008-12-17T16:29:00.000-07:002008-12-17T16:29:00.000-07:00Is it typical to remove words (that are not obsole...Is it typical to remove words (that are not obsolete) from "adult" dictionaries?<BR/><BR/>Crazy that they removed these from the children's version ... no doubt to make room for more technical terms these days (or perhaps, "ginormous")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-32887286612809611252008-12-16T20:02:00.000-07:002008-12-16T20:02:00.000-07:00Guess I need to avoid the Concise version...lol!Guess I need to avoid the Concise version...lol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-7027562069303744732008-12-16T14:23:00.001-07:002008-12-16T14:23:00.001-07:00OOps, forgot the link to that last one: http://ww...OOps, forgot the link to that last one: http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/worddetectives/revising/?view=ukBikerPuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598249279953330970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-21959401986679226122008-12-16T14:23:00.000-07:002008-12-16T14:23:00.000-07:00Oh, and according to Oxford, no words are ever rem...Oh, and according to Oxford, no words are ever removed from the Oxford English Dictionary, although they are removed from the Concise Oxford Dictionary.BikerPuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598249279953330970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-4985624906952951662008-12-16T14:14:00.000-07:002008-12-16T14:14:00.000-07:00Other dictionaries do it too: http://www.sfgate.c...Other dictionaries do it too: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/24/DD160008.DTL <BR/><BR/>They just seem to take out the much less common words.BikerPuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598249279953330970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-46687844465699531152008-12-16T11:44:00.000-07:002008-12-16T11:44:00.000-07:00I knew words were added, but I didn't realize unti...I knew words were added, but I didn't realize until the last few months that words were being taken out. Silly me. UK dictionaries seem to be up front about doing this, but I haven't read anything about US dictionaries doing the same thing. Are American dictionaries just sneakier about it?Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-48396350960485754032008-12-16T05:35:00.000-07:002008-12-16T05:35:00.000-07:00So what are we supposed to call all of those thing...So what are we supposed to call all of those things now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-67706880814717945092008-12-16T05:27:00.000-07:002008-12-16T05:27:00.000-07:00And hamster and goldfish?! what the heck? I can't ...And hamster and goldfish?! what the heck? I can't believe it. I knew that 'they' ADD words to the dictionary, but I didn't know that words were also taken out. Yikes.KyleeJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785603026281407598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-12741398391113926902008-12-15T23:19:00.000-07:002008-12-15T23:19:00.000-07:00How in the heck can one delete words from a dictio...How in the heck can one delete words from a dictionary? I don't get it. What does this mean? Is Oxford declaring that the words simply don't exist? That we should excise them from our everyday usage?<BR/><BR/>I can't lose bacon. I *heart* bacon. Enough to eat an entire package all by myself.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873109350235219509noreply@blogger.com