XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: tonycooper214@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:22:51 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2025/8/28 20:5:45, Sam Plusnet wrote:   
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   >> "a lexicographer I know"   
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   >> Do you get a family discount on access to the OED?   
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   >(-:   
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   >He's constantly reminding me that we _all_ have access, at least if we   
   >have a library card (and this access can be used from home - just go via   
   >your [probably county] library site, not direct to the OED site).>   
      
   Would that that be true!  Not all libraries provide access to the OED   
   to card holders.  The Seminole County (FL) library system does not   
   provide access, it serves a population of almost 500,000 in a fairly   
   affluent part of Florida.  Libraries, like many other public service   
   facilities, are subject to budget constraints.   
      
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