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1. simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Oct-2022 11:03:54 JST simsa02

   A glimpse into my "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias". Most of them are from thrift shops or rescued from the garbage. Plus I finally bought a 1-year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica. More dictionaries are already on my wishlist :-) One has to go a great length to avoid this peculiar blend of encyclopaedic monoculture & lexicographic amateurism called Wikipedia.

   • simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Oct-2022 11:03:54 JST simsa02

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     The "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" got a new "exhibit" :-)) -- the German "Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe" ("historical basic notions"), one of the major German encyclopaedias in the history of concepts & ideas. I was looking for it for quite some time, in thrift shops & online, but haven't been lucky. Now the family pooled resources & gave me the student edition as a present. Wonderful.