[Eala]

Thanks. It's not in my Oxford American Dictionary. I must need that Oxford ENGLISH dictionary!

Oh, for my very own copy of the OED!!!!

[annyokie]

You know us dumb Yanks. Eating everything with a fork gripped in our right hand, you know, while watching telly. ;)

[Tax-chick]

My husband got me the Unabridged for Christmas a few years ago, but the OED is too expensive, even on CD! In my dreams ... and then my kids would win the national spelling bee!

This stuff is such unutterable (blankety blankety blank) pardon my vocabulary lapse, usually I do better.

If this show is "based on reality," are they going to show the part where the kids demand to return to homeschooling after a year in the social cesspool of public school?

[Carry_Okie]

Oh, for my very own copy of the OED!!!!

23rd edition.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, for my very own copy of the OED!!!!

The full size version is outrageously expensive, but there is an economy-size version in two volumes with microfilm-sized print. It comes with a magnifying glass, but if you're rather nearsighted you can read it unaided in a good light. Even after my LASIK surgery (which does affect your near vision) I can still read it in a good light.

It's reasonably priced, and takes up less space on the bookshelf, too.