Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

[Lawrence Bryan]

You mean the one with the little drawer for the magnifying glass one  
needs in order to read anything in it? Yes, we have a copy.

Do we ever use it?  The magnifying glass? Yes, to read the telephone  
book. The two volumes? Yes, once in a while. Maybe every two or three  
years.

Lawrence

On May 3, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Ya Sam wrote:

It goes without saying that OED is the best companion when hunting  
down obscure words in Pynchon but it is unlikely that I'll ever get  
the 20 volume set. Hence my question: Does anyone here have the 2  
volume SOED? Is it enough for you when reading logomaniac authors,  
would you recommend it?

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