How do British and American attitudes to dictionaries differ?

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How do British and American attitudes to dictionaries differ?

almaz

How do British and American attitudes to dictionaries differ?

"By putting rules and meanings onto paper, we make them available to all."

"English is just too big and messy to pin down."

This blog post from Lynne Murphy on American and British attitudes to dictionaries is an interesting corollary to the conclusion of a recent post here on the forum.

http://blog.oup.com/2014/03/british-american-dictionary-attitudes/

Alex

P.S. If it doesn�t interest you, don�t waste your time saying so. I�m sure there�ll be a worthier thread along soon to comment on

13 Feb 2016

alien boy

Thanks Alex. It �s interesting, ss your posts invsriably are. Cheers AB

13 Feb 2016

Thanks Alex. Interesting food for thought.

14 Feb 2016