But maybe if I got a trial subscription and I got used to it I would pay more.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:09:24.374137 Associated-names Trumble, Bill Stevenson, Angus Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1161603 City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 5th ed. I hope they end up pricing their online services down some - it would be great to subscribe I think my price-point would be no more than $200/year perhaps. Their site, pricing, and "email to subscribe" (not credit card or PayPal) is not terrifically net-wise. Obviously they've targeted their business at institutions and not individuals. And so, I remain, only partially-literate, As it is, your online OED service would seem to be for the sole use of people who love words so much they can forego a month of rent or two car payments for a year of English language insight.Īlas, I cannot. Can you recommend anything? I'd be happy to help you drive more volume sales by encouraging my freelance writer friends to sign up for less expensive access. I would like to find a cheaper way to use your fantastic resource over the web. Thank you for your swift and informative reply. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or visit our website at to take a free tour. Please note: It will take two business days before you will be able to access the OED Online. The first page that you will see is our license agreement once you have agreed to the terms, you can sign up online. If you will send us this information via the fax number or email address below we will be happy to set up your account. To establish your individual subscription the following information is required:Ĭredit card number (AMEX, VISA, MasterCard), For information on institutional licenses, including non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, schools and government offices, please follow this link. If you are a student, please check with your school librarian for free, network access to the OED Online. Discounted rates and monthly payment arrangements are not available. Single subscriptions (one user id & password) for individuals are $550.00 (USD) per year. Thank you for your email regarding the Oxford English Dictionary Online. Often I wonder after the origins of words and I would love to subscribe to your online dictionary service. I am a writer, journalist and "web logger" running a site at. Humph! So I had a bit of a whiny playful exchange with them: From: Justin Hall I went to their web site and found it costs $550 a year for individual subscriptions. This is nice to see - a shorter OED in book form, but I just can't imagine sticking this thing in my bag with my laptop. Several entries are testaments to the popularity of science fiction, among them Tardis from the TV series Doctor Who, Jedi from Star Wars, and Klingon from Star Trek. Asylum seeker, economic migrant, bed-blocking, and stakeholder pension reflect the serious side of life bunny-hugger (a conservationist or animal lover), chick flick (a film appealing to women), gearhead (a car enthusiast), and Grinch (a spoilsport or killjoy) are entries in a more light-hearted vein. Some 3,500 new entries have been added to the fifth edition. More than ten centuries of English are covered here, from the Old English period to the 21st century. As a historical dictionary, it includes obsolete words if they are used by major authors and earlier meanings where they explain the development of a word. Although one tenth the size of the OED, it manages to include around one third of its content: it aims to include all words used in English since 1700, as well as everything in Shakespeare, the Authorized Version of the Bible, the poetry of Milton, and Spenser's Faerie Queene. Of course it's only 'Short' when compared to the twenty volumes of the full Oxford English Dictionary. People often point out that 'Shorter' is a strange title for a two volume work. In terms of frequency, a new Shorter comes between the other two events: it is almost ten years since the previous edition, and this is only the fifth edition of a book that was first published in 1933. It is the first year that can celebrate a World Cup, a Royal Jubilee, and a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. The essence of the Oxford English DictionaryĢ002 is indeed an auspicious year.
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