i’ve never been on this site before – that is to say, you don’t even get like a couple free words

what a joke

  • mateomauiEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    $29.95 a month? ok. The $100 a year is… better I guess.

    Surprised Wikipedia hasn’t put something like this is place yet. Maybe their end-year donations push brings in enough to hold it off.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      The OED is like 150 years old with literally thousands of people scouring every possible source of English for any possible permutation of every word ever. It’s a reference for specialists, not public consumption.

      • mateomauiEnglish
        4·
        5 months ago

        Yet every unusual entry I thought to look up says this:

        Some aren’t even that complicated or lengthy to define. As a specialist who would possibly use it, not terribly impressed.

        • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          Shockingly, the use of the word “the” might not be all that interesting. That’s not the point, the goal is to document all possible uses and that is laudable.