Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Depends upon which "Webster's." "Webster" is considered to be in the public domain, anyone can call any dictionary "Webster's" and, indeed, there are a great many different Webster's available both in print and out of print. This gets complicated. IMHO, the ne plus ultra of dictionaries is the "Merriam Webster's Second International, Unabridged." Unfortunately, out of print since 1961; Webster's third is a pooch. Buzz > -----Original Message----- > From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk [SMTP:dmorton@journalist.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 11:58 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Cc: dmorton@journalist.co.uk > Subject: Re: [Leica] Unquote, was: Contax color rendition > > Lucien wrote: > > > > Do you accept Webster's New World Dictionary ? > > > > Un'quote interj. end the quotation. > > Isn't it Webster's that includes 'lense' as an acceptable alternative > spelling, claiming it's European? In that case I wouldn't trust *anything* > > in it... > > David Morton | "Times are bad. Children no > dmorton@journalist.co.uk | longer obey their parents and > David.Morton@openconsulting.co.uk | everyone is writing a book." > (+44) 171 917 6272 | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) >