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Re: Dictionaries...are physical ones obsolete?

Subject: Re: Dictionaries...are physical ones obsolete?
From: Lisa Wright <lisawright -at- mail -dot- utexas -dot- edu>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:29:14 -0500


I sometimes use m-w.com to do quick spelling look-ups, particularly for compound words, but my hardcopy Merriam-Webster's generally has much more complete entries. I find it to be much more useful than the web dictionaries for copy editing.

I like the feel of a book in my hands. I am also one of those people who ends up reading the dictionary further whenever I open it. The online version isn't terribly conducive to that.

Lisa

jsokohl -at- mac -dot- com wrote:

i noticed in recent threads that folks mention specific dictionaries as
indispensible (merriam, am. heritage, and so on...). what i wonder is, why
the need for physical dictionaries when dictionary.com and other online
resources provide that info at our fingertips? or omnidictionary, if
you're an os x user?

then again, maybe there are valid reasons tech communicators would use
physical dictionaries instead of online ones. just curious.

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