Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: literacy Message-ID: <732@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 11:47:33 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.732 Posted: Mon Nov 11 11:47:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 07:43:48 EST References: <747@cyb-eng.UUCP> <9700105@uiucdcs><167@ccnysci.UUCP> <774@cyb-eng.UUCP> <503@brl-sem.ARPA> Organization: Duke U Comp Ctr Lines: 20 > . . . It's listed without prejudice in both my Random House > and Websters dictionaries. Minor point: "Webster's dictionary" is a generic name, as is "Roget's Thesaurus." Many dictionary publishers having no connection with each other produce "Webster's" dictionaries, such as the "Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary" published by Merriam. I have even seen a "Webster's Encyclopedia"! The true "Webster's Dictionary" was compiled by Noah Webster (1758-1843) and is worth a look. Webster introduced many of the differences between the spelling of American and English, such as "center" versus "centre" and (I think) "jail" versus "gaol." Many of his definitions and examples are intentionally funny, often with England on the receiving end of the joke. -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary