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naileryesterday at 10:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's such a pity the Oxford English Dictionary decided to paywall themselves decades ago - they used to be THE dictionary in most countries, now nobody seems to know who they are.


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blobbersyesterday at 10:38 PM

They would have been better off going freemium or ad-supported. Or 501(c)(3) ala wikipedia?

anikom15yesterday at 10:42 PM

The OED’s goal isn’t really to be every nation’s dictionary.