O E D

[George S. Cole]

Interesting story in today's (Friday's) The Wall Street Journal [1 OCT
1999], on the front page.  Titled:  "The final word on the new OED is a
decade away//Even then, Oxford Dictionary may not make it to print:
defining moments online?"

New version isn't due out until 2010, but "controversy is swirling over
whether the new edition . . . should be available in print or simply
online."  Similar concerns about other reference works are discussed in
the article, as it appears on pp. A1, A8.  Quotes from Frank Abate,
Royalynn O'Connor, Penny Silva, and others appear in the article.

George S. Cole   gscole at ark.ship.edu
Shippensburg University