cue the english major panic

[rivendellrose]

Oxford English Dictionary will not be printed again, will only be appearing in electronic form.

I... don't even...

Excuse me, I'm going to go off in a corner and cry re-evaluate my world-view for a few minutes.

Hold me?

A world without the OED in print, on paper. I don't know if I can handle this. I think I may need to work on my calligraphy or something, do an illuminated page to cope with my shock and horror, and thumb my nose at the modern world for a while.

Comments

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's scary isn't it?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It really is, yeah.

[hoperomantic.livejournal.com]

That makes me incredibly sad. I'll just be over here in the corner crying.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It's a very weird thought, yeah.

[cordeliadelayne]

It really is most disturbing.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It is! I used to have an online subscription to the OED through my university, but I always sort of treasured the idea of owning a physical copy once I had a permanent house.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

A small part of me goes OMG!

Then the a larger part of me can't remember the last time I consulted a dictionary on paper, let alone bought one, and goes, "okay, yeah, I see their point."

It does say "probably" so it's not for sure, and I suspect that there will be some printing for libraries and such. But I can see whey a mass-market publish wouldn't be terribly profitable at this point.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I can see why, too, it just upsets me in a vague but visceral sort of way. I like dictionaries. Especially the OED.