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Skitt - 24 Jan 2004 23:40 GMT

It appears that the subject dictionary at www.m-w.com has undergone a major
facelift and name change.

They recommend referring to it as "Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2004".

For AUE use, I suggest abbreviating that to MWOD04. What say, others?

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Donna Richoux - 25 Jan 2004 00:17 GMT

> It appears that the subject dictionary at www.m-w.com has undergone a major
> facelift and name change.
>
> They recommend referring to it as "Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2004".

"Merriam-Webster Online" is the same name they called it before.

> For AUE use, I suggest abbreviating that to MWOD04. What say, others?

Others may do as they please, but I intend to continue calling it
m-w.com (or M-W) because I want other people to use the site themselves.
It's more than a name, it's an address.

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Michael Nitabach - 25 Jan 2004 00:11 GMT

>> It appears that the subject dictionary at www.m-w.com has
>> undergone a major facelift and name change.
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> m-w.com (or M-W) because I want other people to use the site
> themselves. It's more than a name, it's an address.

And the main look-up page has gotten significantly slower to load, at
least for me (using Mozilla Firebird).

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John Varela - 25 Jan 2004 02:14 GMT

> And the main look-up page has gotten significantly slower to load, at
> least for me (using Mozilla Firebird).

And, having looked up a word, you can no longer look up another without
backing up to the previous page.

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Skitt - 25 Jan 2004 02:38 GMT

>> And the main look-up page has gotten significantly slower to load, at
>> least for me (using Mozilla Firebird).
>
> And, having looked up a word, you can no longer look up another
> without backing up to the previous page.

Of course, you can. Use the little box at the upper right.

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John Varela - 25 Jan 2004 20:56 GMT

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> >> And the main look-up page has gotten significantly slower to load, at
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>
> Of course, you can. Use the little box at the upper right.

I see my error. The old format had two windows, one for dictionary and one
for thesaurus. The new format has a single window under "thesaurus", with a
radio button to select dictionary or thesaurus.

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Skitt - 25 Jan 2004 01:03 GMT

>> It appears that the subject dictionary at www.m-w.com has undergone
>> a major facelift and name change.
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> m-w.com (or M-W) because I want other people to use the site
> themselves. It's more than a name, it's an address.

I agree with encouraging others to use the site, but the proper clickable
address should be www.m-w.com

Referring to the dictionary it when citing it is a different matter. Their
own directions border on being silly for on-line use. I quote:

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Citing the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Other Online Sources

A citation of any online dictionary or thesaurus should include the
following information:

headword of the entry cited (in quotes)
title of the source (in italics)
date the dictionary or thesaurus was published, posted, or revised (Use the
copyright date noted at the bottom of this and every page of the
Merriam-Webster Dictionary.)
full URL of the site (up to and including the file name)
date you accessed the dictionary (in parentheses)
Here's how you would cite the entry for hacker in the Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary, if you accessed it on January 2, 2004.

"hacker." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2004.
http://www.merriam-webster.com (2 Jan. 2004).

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Dena Jo - 26 Jan 2004 02:53 GMT

> It appears that the subject dictionary at www.m-w.com has
> undergone a major facelift and name change.

Unless I just missed it, which is always possible, they've deleted the
date the word entered our language on their free web site, but they
provide the date on the M-W Collegiate dictionary page, which is free
to everyone who bought the 11th edition -- a $14.95 value!

That date was the only reason I always used the M-W web site rather
than the AHD web site, and I wrote to them and told them that.

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