[Lexicog] Using older dictionaries

[Michael Everson]

On 23 Dec 2009, at 17:45, Wayne Leman wrote:

>> Aren't most dictionaries organized in alphabetical order?
>
> Probably most (but not all) dictionaries are organized in  
> alphabetical order. I have published both topical (by semantic  
> domains) and alphabetical order dictionaries.
>
I have... hundreds of dictionaries, and all of them are ordered  
alphabetically (according to one system or another). I have other  
books where things are organized topically -- but they are usually  
called thesauruses.

> Michael, I think you and I communicated some many years ago over  
> Cheyenne orthography and character sets.

Yep. That was me. ;-)

> Nice to see your name again.

Likewise!

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/



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