Nine-tenths of reality

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Mike Weaver writes:
> I like the way people talk about "My <dictionary or encyclopoedia>"
> Does this suggest that there are different versions of, say, the latest
> OED or Websters.  Bootlegs,  or various minority versions, the 
> additions and subtractions between versions  indicators of the 
> political and cultural  struggles that birthed it...

Not necessarily, but you should see my Encyclopaedia.  I swear it has
an entry for this country call `Tlon' and I can't find it nywhere on
the map.  Although, then again, maybe it's my Atlas which is out of
date . . .


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.