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[legalmoose]

I just asked our law librarian if we could put a new general English dictionary on the wish list for this next year. We have two such beasts on stands in the library, but the copyrights on them are older than I am. Not by much, but still, it's kinda hard to look at current English usage when the dictionary predates your existence on this planet.

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[dclibrarian.livejournal.com]

Tell them to buy something contemporary, one volume, and American as well. American Heritage Dictionary or Merriam Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary would do nicely. There is nothing I hate more than dated reference books. I'll stop being a library geek now...

[legalmoose]

Yea, verily, yea.

[legalmoose]

Nope. I've never actually been to a Renn Faire, and that whole "no car" thing limits my out-of-town excursions.

[gunther-cub.livejournal.com]

Online dictionary? I haven't cracked an actual dictionary is probably 5 years, and I always cheat at scrabble...

[legalmoose]

We're lawyers, we're mostly old fashioned lawyers (and most of the others in this office have a good 15-20 years on me!), we like books. :)

[eyow.livejournal.com]

You forgot to mention that your mom's a librarian, so it's in your blood, boy! ;)