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Merriam-Webster Launches Open Dictionary

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wikipetitor dept.

sweganeer writes "Merriam-Webster just released Open Dictionary to better take and share the pulse of language through the Web. Of course, Webster's has long celebrated and conveyed language's evolution - unlike linguistic prescriptivists who fail to grasp that's just what language does; and - where I've compared entries - they've certainly done so in a more consistent, professional fashion than online amateurs have in recent years: might Open Dictionary - in conjunction with Webster's standard Online Dictionary - yield the best of authoritative (top-down) and organic (bottom-up), online lexicography?"

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  1. Re:OOoh. How original. by fredrikj · · Score: 3, Informative

    Incorrect. Wiktionary is a free dictionary. This one is open. The distinction is important.

  2. Re:OOoh. How original. by ameyer17 · · Score: 5, Informative

    actually, wikitionary is open in the open-source way like wikipedia is.

  3. Re:Pssssh. by zaguar · · Score: 3, Informative
    And the Wikipedia equivalent: http://www.uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/ - Uncyclopedia.

    Check out the Steve Ballmer article. http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer

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  4. Dord by Zenmonkeycat · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm waiting for the word "Dord" to be added.

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