Dodi Schultz
October 3rd, 2006, 10:18 AM
Dan wrote:
>> I was referring to my recent deal of COOEY where I quoted my
>> definition exactly as posted at
>> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=cooey which allegedly
>> quotes Webster's 1913. I'm not sure if the misspelling of
>> "aborigenes" [sic] was in Webster's, or merely on the site.
Of course "Webster's" can mean any dictionary at all, although I think that
specific references to 1913 denote an edition of Merriam-Webster. At least
in the 1934 ("dord") M-W edition, which I have, the spelling of
"aborigines" is correct. I don't have 1913; I've got 1864, but the word
didn't appear there at all.
If I were a betting person, I'd bet that the goof doesn't appear in the
real-world book and is a typo introduced in the online version. BTW, I
think I'd have corrected it, because I'd think it would send a false
message to players.
--Dodi
>> I was referring to my recent deal of COOEY where I quoted my
>> definition exactly as posted at
>> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=cooey which allegedly
>> quotes Webster's 1913. I'm not sure if the misspelling of
>> "aborigenes" [sic] was in Webster's, or merely on the site.
Of course "Webster's" can mean any dictionary at all, although I think that
specific references to 1913 denote an edition of Merriam-Webster. At least
in the 1934 ("dord") M-W edition, which I have, the spelling of
"aborigines" is correct. I don't have 1913; I've got 1864, but the word
didn't appear there at all.
If I were a betting person, I'd bet that the goof doesn't appear in the
real-world book and is a typo introduced in the online version. BTW, I
think I'd have corrected it, because I'd think it would send a false
message to players.
--Dodi