Show CALLS FOR NEW dictionary new york newspaper condemns tho the present ones via aa Cumbe cumbersome and disconcerting like ninny many books called clas classics which we iye speak of reverently and nev e cr look at the dl dictionary of our language seems to be falling into ills dis use we wo seldom consult it it if a strange word swims into our lion kon we regard it as aa an impertinence or we wa use it us a kind of game we argue about it discuss it and perhaps write to tho the newspapers for a definition but we dont consult the dictionary perhaps the reason for our neglect Is that the unabridged dictionary Is too all an d it ves ho mariy meanings though thin papers cut tho ordinary bulk simple words therein are ake found to be both noun and verb spelled alike alcho and nd sometimes they have more than a dozen distinct mean ings this la Is disconcerting thero way may be room for a dictionary with tho the obsolete and archaic words left out a true twentieth century dictionary that shall ahall be fool proof new york herald |