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Yes, which leads to the other end of the cycle. They are removing obsolete words for the same reason.
by solarmist 5y ago
Yes, which leads to the other end of the cycle. They are removing obsolete words for the same reason.
- patrickthebold 5y agoThat seems a bit silly, people read stuff that was written long ago.
- solarmist 5y agoStandard dictionaries are for modern/living versions of the language. They make topic dictionaries for everything under the sun too including obsolete words. Without removing things you end up with the Oxford dictionary which is currently 20 volumes long. And I'm pretty sure they still remove things once it's considered obsolete.