Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: OED online free?

This newsgroup's FAQ (at
http://web.tiscalinet.it/peltio/TheRealm/index.html
) lists many useful
online resources, but I wonder if anybody konws a way to access the
Oxford English Dictionary free online.
I have found 
http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
, but as far as I
can figure out this is a subscription service. You have to pay
something -- how much I do not know -- and then you get a customer
number with which you can log on.
This reminds me that some years ago, after the USSR fell apart, I read
that there was a strong interest among the people in Eastern Europe to
learn English, and that the British were concerned about "American
English" gaining the upper hand in that area. Now I kow why.
The "American English" Merriam-Webster's dictionary is accessible
online free of charge, while its "British English" counterpart, the
OED,  is not. Soon, I guess, you'll have to pay a licence fee to the
Oxford Press every time you utter a "British English" word.
Sometimes, I feel like looking up a word online in a colour-proof
dictionary. There are, of course, the Cambridge dictionaries at
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
, but they are a little weak on
etymology. (Buongiorgio: Look up "strewth") Nevertheless, I
respectfully recommend to include this URL in the FAQ, under the
heading "Reference". Let's give "British English" an online chance.
______
Xakero
Sapere aude!
 (Horace, Epistulae)

 heading "Reference". Let's give "British English" an online chance.
Your wish is my command.
The deed is done. Page 3 of our FAQs has been updated on the fly.
Peltio
Webservant of ICLIng

 Oxford Press every time you utter a "British English" word.
The OED is _the_ English dictionary and is, at at least 12 large
volumes, much bigger than any other dictionary I've ever seen. Maybe it
costs more to run.
cheers,
Loki
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Latin for webmaster: curator araneum ICLIngis, if their Majesties approve,
of course.
Xakero
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of course.
Cute :-)
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

 of course.
Dear Xakero,
So shall it be.
Royally approving,
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

 costs more to run.
Dear Loki,
The version the undersigned was able to procure is 'handily' packaged in
'only' two volumes, complete with a mini compartment in which is stored a
must-have-if-you-want-to-read-magnifying glass- included in the nifty,
light-weight (23 Lbs.) package at absolutely no extra cost. Removing said
magnifying glass does help considerably in lightening the load when
travelling however.
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 in lightening the load when travelling however.
You have good eyesight then, or perhaps need doorstops wherever you go? 
A lap top and CD would be lighter then. :-)
Those books are as heavy as my total baggage was for my last sojourn to
Italy! (returning home was another matter...)
Cheers,
Loki
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 > in lightening the load when travelling however.
That's an old edition. It's now available in one volume.

 That's an old edition. It's now available in one volume.
Where an electron microscope will be useful. :-)))
cheers,
Loki
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