XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 29/08/25 09:20, Tony Cooper wrote:   
   > 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"   
   >>>   
   >>> Do you get a family discount on access to the OED?   
   >>   
   >> (-:   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
   Same problem here. Today I looked up what was available on-line from my   
   library, and it adds up to very little.   
      
   I don't much mind that. What I do greatly mind is how stingy my former   
   university has been. When I retired as an academic, I lost my university   
   e-mail account, and I lost library access. I could get a library account   
   for about $100/year, but it wouldn't give me access to on-line research   
   journals, which is all I want. Since retirement I have written a few   
   (very few, as it happens) research publications. and I've had to include   
   apologies for poor referencing, because I cannot get access to the   
   papers I'm citing.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
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