[Ads-l] Closure of World Wide Words

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sun Mar 5 14:23:38 UTC 2017


Say it ain't so, Michael!  Yours is one of the best-informed wordsites
around!

Good luck for the future, in any case. (Grumble, mutter...)

JL

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Michael Quinion <
michael.quinion at worldwidewords.org> wrote:

> I have decided to discontinue writing World Wide Words, though the website
> will continue as an archive, as will the associated dictionary of affixes
> site. A message to subscribers yesterday (http://wwwords.org/final) gives
> the background to the decision.
>
> Down the years, the discussions and research findings by members of ADS
> have been an indispensable source of information, support and
> encouragement. Thank you all.
>
> --
> Michael Quinion
> michael.quinion at worldwidewords.org
> http://www.worldwidewords.org
>
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