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- From: dman@netcom.com (Dallman Ross)
- Subject: Re: Oxford English Dict. on CD WANTED, <US$300?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.085656.14622@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 08:56:56 GMT
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- Joseph A. Faracchio (SPGJAF@CMSA.Berkeley.Edu) wrote:
- : In article <1992Dec30.100700.18404@netcom.com>
- : cornhead@netcom.com (Jeff Miller) writes:
- : >I want the Oxford English Dictionary on compact disc! I know they are
-
- : Boy are you in luck! IBM is having a special sale til ? 31st.
- : [deleted]
- : The library includes the following books: The Concise
- : Oxford Dictionary of Current English, The Oxford Thesaurus,
- : Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Dictionary of
- : Modern Quotations, Oxford Dictionary for Writers and
- : Editors, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Oxford
- : Guide to English Usage, The Oxford Dictionary of New Words,
- : The Revised English Bible, and Alice's Adventures in
- : Wonderland.
-
- Many of these are available free by telnetting hangout.rutgers.edu 98.
- Also, Joseph, unfortunately, _The Concise O.E.D._ is not at all the
- same thing as _The O.E.D._ I surmised from reading the posting that
- Mr. Miller wanted the unabridged item.
-
- Interesting pointer, though, in any event.
-
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