True to Form
I can't help it. I notice things like misspelled words and misplaced punctuation. So you can imagine my dismay this week when I noticed erratum in my favorite dictionary. Leave it to Serious Brown to find the one transgression in the vocabulary bible.
Merriam-Webster, you should be ashamed. It's coffeehouse, not coffehouse.
posted by Mary Anna
at 12:24 AM
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4 Comments:
Why are you, the queen of technology, using an old-school archaic thing like a dictionary? Ever heard of Dictionary.com? I'm more surprised that you are using the real deal book format than I am that you found a typo in there!
12:44 PM
I like the tactile qualities of this little pocket gem. And it's got sentimental value. I bought it on my first day of my frosh year of college and carried it with me everywhere I went for four years. It's very likely that you've seen it in my purse before. It goes a lot of places with me.
Dictionary.com is good in a pinch, but it's got a bunch of spammy pop-ups. Just because it's there, doesn't mean it's a better solution.
12:53 PM
I'm a www.m-w.com kind of guy myself... :)
Well done, spotting that one...
-E-
9:58 AM
If you're like me...and in this particular area, apparently you are...much as one might not care to admit it...you'll appreciate this site:
http://www.painintheenglish.com/index.php
It'll make you feel like the coolest person in the world (relatively speaking).
7:56 AM
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