Wordie: Whyever: Comments

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:41:41 +0000

True, seanahan--thanks for mentioning that. That's how I access it, come to think of it.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:12:27 +0000

Most college networks have a subscription to the OED, so if you have access to a college network, you can read the definitions for free.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:50:51 +0000

So inconvenient. ;->

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:48:57 +0000

Maybe I could gut most of the rooms in my house and install bookshelves and reading nooks--oh wait, my SO would have an opinion, too. Rats!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:36:57 +0000

Sacred and BIG! ;-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:26:11 +0000

You are so right, R. I am trying to figure out where to put all my books as it is--but dictionaries, and especially OED, are sacred, aren't they? :)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:17:02 +0000

However, if you can manage to build an extra room on your house to hold all the volumes, you could order the full (non-microscopic) OED. ;-)

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:33:40 +0000

I agree, gerwitz--it is so much easier to use the on-line sources. My OED is the two volume set with magnifying glass; it is a major productionfor me to use it. I would love to be able to use the on-line OED but there is no way I could justify the expense for my current purposes.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:50:31 +0000

The OED *is* online--but you have to have a subscription to make full use of the site. :-)

Comment by gerwitz, about 1 year ago

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:22:34 +0000

Zounds! I can't believe I neglected the OED when searching for whyever. I've become far too dependant on the readily-accessible and online.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:21:05 +0000

Actually, whyever is in the OED. And whyever shouldn't it be?

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:11:53 +0000

What about whenever, however, and whatsoever? I sense a list coming on. Actually, I don't know that I've ever seen wherever as one word.

Comment by gerwitz, about 1 year ago

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:10:01 +0000

I don't care that no dictionary appears to include whyever. If wherever, whoever, and whatever are legitimate, then I'm using whyever.