XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/8/29 0:20:20, Tony Cooper wrote:   
   > On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:22:51 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"   
   >  wrote:   
      
   []   
      
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
      
   Ah, sorry - I'm reading this in soc.genealogy.britain, where I assume   
   many of the readers are in the UK. Of course, the same constraints apply   
   here, but AFAIK English counties at least still provide that access.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   "Look, if it'll help you to do what I tell you, baby, imagine that I've   
   got a blaster ray in my hand." "Uh - you _have_ got a blaster ray in   
   your hand." "So you shouldn't have to tax your imagination too hard."   
   (Link episode)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)