Wednesday, May 21, 2008

EB and OED: To Print or Not To Print?

The New York Times Magazine recently reported that there are no plans to print a new edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The future is here, and the immortal O.E.D., the one that lives in bound pages last published micrographically in 1991, is obsolete â€" at least according to the folks who publish it. As of now, Oxford University Press has no official plans to publish a new print edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. However, AskOxford.com presents this statement: The Third Edition o