Posted by Baron Greenback [12.255.181.7 - 12-255-181-7.client.attbi.com] on 11 July 2002 at 22.58.27 ZuluTime:
In Reply to: i thought so posted by whoami on 11 July 2002 at 22.17.13 ZuluTime:
Two things. First of all, if you went out and wrote a dictionary today and got it published, it would be the entirety of a day old. It wouldn't have undergone decades of painstaking editing, it would not have been prepared by a linguist, and if you actually had the six legged cow reference, it would not be thoroughly researched. In short, your dictionary would not be up to par with a dictionary in which this HAS happened, making a select few dictionaries, especially the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary, actually credible. Secondly, you have, as of yet, to give us this proof you mentioned earlier.