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  2. From: aerts@media02.UUCP (Ad Aerts)
  3. Newsgroups: misc.writing
  4. Subject: Looking it up (was: misspelled thread :))
  5. Message-ID: <713694406snx@media02.UUCP>
  6. Date: 13 Aug 92 08:26:46 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug12.213459.14536@midway.uchicago.edu>
  8. Organization: Me, myself and I
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  11.  
  12. In article <1992Aug12.213459.14536@midway.uchicago.edu> elle@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
  13.   > My sisters used to tease me unmercifully for reading the dictionary on
  14.   > a warm summer day.  They missed some wonderful essays on etymology --
  15.   > their loss.
  16.  
  17. Couldn't agree more.  Being a technical writer (actually a linguist) in
  18. a environment of programmers I had great trouble convincing my boss (a
  19. programmer) that I needed good (= expensive) dictionaries.  Now some of
  20. my programmer colleagues also consult these dictionaries 'for fun'.
  21. Isn't that great?
  22.  
  23. I actually have several dictionaries for each language I read or write
  24. - I use them all.  I'm thinking of buying the American Heritage
  25. Dictionary's newest edition.  Does anyone know this one?
  26.  
  27. Ad.
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