Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130518:01:55:00
Dictionary. this is for people that love the english language so much, you're willing to devote to it serious shelf space and potentially serious eye strain. these two volumes here, this is the compact edition, this is the little one. the one that condenses 20 giant volumes of regular print into two volumes of impossible to read print. one of the reasons the oed is important is that it is a historical dictionary that tells you not only the meaning of the word but traces the evolution of that meaning. when you look through your magnifying glass at what you're looking up, you can see it citing f...