Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Mon Aug 30 00:41:09 UTC 2010


Did Nigel Portwood, the chief executive of OUP, say “I don’t think
so.” to the Sunday Times when asked if he thought the third edition
would be printed?

DanG

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:36:17PM +0000, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>  Life in "the cloud" is just too comfortable.  See below.
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>> Sunday Telegraph, London
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>> Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'
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>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7970391/Oxford-English-Dictionary-will-not-be-printed-again.html
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> This article is not accurate.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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