Re: OED

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

I forgot to mention the issue that the HTOED can be accessed free,
here:


http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/historicalthesaurus/aboutproject.html
http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/historicalthesaurus/aboutproject.html


This is really barebones; what you get from OUP for all that money is a
lot nicer. I'm also not sure how complete the free version is. I believe
it includes a vast number of English words which did not make it into OED
but it is all a little confusing because there is also


http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/oethesaurus/aboutoe.html
http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/oethesaurus/aboutoe.html


By the way, Henry, out-of-towner is there, but the taxonomical branch is
different; the free HTOED doesn't give the convenient family tree that
OEDonline does. Presumably, the existence of the free version is being
underplayed (and probably work to improve its interface is on hold) to
give OUP the chance to maximize profits; I guess there are rights and
wrongs on either side of the argument.