Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site gloria.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!rocksanne!sunybcs!gloria!colonel From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Dictionaries Message-ID: <878@gloria.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 14:57:01 EST Article-I.D.: gloria.878 Posted: Mon Feb 4 14:57:01 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Feb-85 01:53:58 EST References: <1933@inmet.UUCP> Organization: SUNY-Buffalo Computer Sci. Lines: 12 The term "knock-off Webster" is a little misleading. Any dictionary can call itself "Webster's," just as any playing-card rulebook can call itself "Hoyle's." G. C. Merriam publishes very good dictionaries. I recommend just about anything they put out. In particular, their _Dictionary of Synonyms_ is a classic. Any dictionary called "Webster's" not published by Merriam is probably poor. Conversely, most poor dictionaries are called "Webster's." You can judge for yourself. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel