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Originally Posted by HarryT
It only works with MobiPocket books. I know it's expensive, but how often do you buy a dictionary?
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Ah, every 3-5 years if you only count the English one(s). I bought the Shorter Oxford on CD in 1998 and would like to upgrade but OUP are still being silly about their offerings. Since then I've bought the OED(NZ) and OED(Australia) as well as Physics and Computers. Ok, make that a dictionary every 2-3 years
I would really, really like the "all OED" package but they claim it's not possible. And the basic OED is priced at a silly level (250 pounds=$AUS550 but they want $AUS750 from their local distributor), so I'm really reluctant to buy it. Unfortunately the lesser dictionaries all suck in various ways, usually through limited vocabulary or etymology.
So, anyway, I'd love suggestions for good PC-only or mobile dictionaries for under $US500 (200k words plus, with etymology and ideally thesaurus).