 » Site Navigation | | | |  | 
09-26-2007, 08:40 PM
|  | Puritanboard Postgraduate | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wrightwood, CA
Posts: 4,490
Thanks: 1,573
Thanked 366 Times in 220 Posts
| | | I Need the Oxford English Dictionary
After reading James Renihan's awesome article in the latest Reformed Baptist Theological Review, I realize that I need a copy of the OED. Dr. Renihan mentioned that there are dvd options and also a 2 volumn edition with every four pages shrunk to fit one page and that it comes with a magnifying glass.
What's the best bet, Andrew? 
__________________  |
09-26-2007, 08:44 PM
|  | Bubba | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 6,102
Thanks: 610
Thanked 367 Times in 295 Posts
| | |
Excellent question. OED is awesome.
__________________ Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church * Poplar Grove, Illinois USA www.maranatha-sbc.org/ "Mankind is divided into two sorts: such as live according to man, and such as live according to God. These we call the two cities...The Heavenly City outshines Rome. There, instead of victory, is truth" Augustine of Hippo  |
09-26-2007, 08:48 PM
| | Puritanboard Postgraduate | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wrightwood, CA
Posts: 4,490
Thanks: 1,573
Thanked 366 Times in 220 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivan  Excellent question. OED is awesome. | Do you have a copy, Ivan? If so, which one and where did you get it?
__________________ |
09-26-2007, 08:49 PM
|  | Puritanboard Librarian | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Warrenton, VA, USA
Posts: 21,333
Thanks: 1,728
Thanked 2,117 Times in 1,295 Posts
| |
I would stay away from OCD, brother. People who have it find themselves compulsively reading through dictionaries and loquaciously trying to use words like 'supercillious' in everyday conversation. 
__________________
Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project
"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole
|
09-26-2007, 08:56 PM
| | Puritanboard Sophomore | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sterling, KS
Posts: 599
Thanks: 59
Thanked 250 Times in 110 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot I would stay away from OCD, brother. People who have it find themselves compulsively reading through dictionaries and loquaciously trying to use words like 'supercillious' in everyday conversation. |  Yes, that's right! How did you know?! I have the two volume (with a one volume supplement) shrink to fit version. It is very small print, bu lots of fun. I always choose hard copy books over CDs if I have the chance.
__________________
Rev. Adam King
Minister without a call (WPCUS)
Stated Supply: Reformed Presbyterian Church
Sterling, KS
|
09-26-2007, 10:05 PM
|  | Norseman Moderator | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Speedway, Indiana
Posts: 7,350
Thanks: 775
Thanked 696 Times in 434 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot I would stay away from OCD, brother. People who have it find themselves compulsively reading through dictionaries and loquaciously trying to use words like 'supercillious' in everyday conversation. |
I have used it for years and I don't use the word super.uh.whatever. It is a great tool for understanding the epistemological origins of words and their usages during certain periods of time. It was one of the few dictionaries where I found monergism and synergism when I first started studying the terms many years ago.  I have benefitted from it. I used a voluminous set that was in the Noblesville Library.
|
09-27-2007, 01:28 AM
| | Bubba | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 6,102
Thanks: 610
Thanked 367 Times in 295 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by KMK Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivan Excellent question. OED is awesome. | Do you have a copy, Ivan? If so, which one and where did you get it? | I'm afraid I have to use it at the local library.
__________________ Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church * Poplar Grove, Illinois USA www.maranatha-sbc.org/ "Mankind is divided into two sorts: such as live according to man, and such as live according to God. These we call the two cities...The Heavenly City outshines Rome. There, instead of victory, is truth" Augustine of Hippo |
09-27-2007, 01:31 AM
| | Bubba | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 6,102
Thanks: 610
Thanked 367 Times in 295 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot I would stay away from OCD, brother. People who have it find themselves compulsively reading through dictionaries and loquaciously trying to use words like 'supercillious' in everyday conversation. | OCD is a whole other kettle of fish, although there may be a connection. 
__________________ Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church * Poplar Grove, Illinois USA www.maranatha-sbc.org/ "Mankind is divided into two sorts: such as live according to man, and such as live according to God. These we call the two cities...The Heavenly City outshines Rome. There, instead of victory, is truth" Augustine of Hippo |
09-27-2007, 06:05 AM
|  | The Odd Mod(erator) | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 5,751
Thanks: 207
Thanked 1,151 Times in 496 Posts
| |
Come on brother Andrew,
I wasn't trying to impress I just thought it was a clever play on words and sounds. I am going to stand by my use of the word. Quote:
Beth said: You guys are just silly and this is a silly thread.
I responded: Which would you prefer Beth, super silly or superciliousness? We have large quantities of both on the PB. I was supercilious for years, I prefer being silly.
| That's funny! And I didn't use the OED either.
I don't use abstruse words unless it's de facto ineludible so don't traduce me like a columniator.
(Hugs and kisses.) Quote:
Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot I would stay away from OCD, brother. People who have it find themselves compulsively reading through dictionaries and loquaciously trying to use words like 'supercillious' in everyday conversation. | |
09-27-2007, 06:26 AM
|  | Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Virgnia
Posts: 11,734
Thanks: 890
Thanked 2,207 Times in 1,048 Posts
| | |
I've found the best way to extend my vocabulary is reading theology.
|
09-27-2007, 07:01 AM
|  | Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 7,515
Thanks: 803
Thanked 724 Times in 444 Posts
| | |
For my book editing of 17th century authors I've found OED a necessity, and I have had the odd experience of reading the very passage I was looking up (in Gillespie I think) given as the usage example by OED. I have an old two volume squint print set I got in the mid to late 1980s. I also have Jamison's Scots Dictionary which takes up a small shelf. It is sometimes more helpful when dealing with the likes of Rutherford and Durham.
__________________
Chris Coldwell
Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member Naphtali Press: Presbyterian & Reformed Books The Confessional Presbyterian, A Journal for Discussion of Presbyterian Doctrine & Practice The Blue Banner Archive When heresy rises in an evangelical body, it is never frank and open. It always begins by skulking, and assuming a disguise. Its advocates, when together, boast of great improvements, and congratulate one another on having gone greatly beyond the old dead orthodoxy, and on having left behind many of its antiquated errors: but when taxed with deviations from the received faith, they complain of the unreasonableness of their accusers, as they differ from it only in words. This has been the standing course of errorists ever since the apostolic age. Samuel Miller, Introductory essay, The Articles of the Synod of Dort (1841).
Click to get: Board Rules -- Signature Requirements -- Suggestions? |
09-27-2007, 07:07 AM
| | Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Virgnia
Posts: 11,734
Thanks: 890
Thanked 2,207 Times in 1,048 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by NaphtaliPress For my book editing of 17th century authors I've found OED a necessity, and I have had the odd experience of reading the very passage I was looking up (in Gillespie I think) given as the usage example by OED. I have an old two volume squint print set I got in the mid to late 1980s. I also have Jamison's Scots Dictionary which takes up a small shelf. It is sometimes more helpful when dealing with the likes of Rutherford and Durham. | I should have mentioned that reading books that you publish is one of the things that helps my vocabulary. |
09-27-2007, 07:11 AM
| | Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 7,515
Thanks: 803
Thanked 724 Times in 444 Posts
| |
__________________
Chris Coldwell
Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member Naphtali Press: Presbyterian & Reformed Books The Confessional Presbyterian, A Journal for Discussion of Presbyterian Doctrine & Practice The Blue Banner Archive When heresy rises in an evangelical body, it is never frank and open. It always begins by skulking, and assuming a disguise. Its advocates, when together, boast of great improvements, and congratulate one another on having gone greatly beyond the old dead orthodoxy, and on having left behind many of its antiquated errors: but when taxed with deviations from the received faith, they complain of the unreasonableness of their accusers, as they differ from it only in words. This has been the standing course of errorists ever since the apostolic age. Samuel Miller, Introductory essay, The Articles of the Synod of Dort (1841).
Click to get: Board Rules -- Signature Requirements -- Suggestions? |
09-27-2007, 12:22 PM
| | Puritanboard Librarian | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Warrenton, VA, USA
Posts: 21,333
Thanks: 1,728
Thanked 2,117 Times in 1,295 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by BobVigneault Come on brother Andrew,
I wasn't trying to impress I just thought it was a clever play on words and sounds. I am going to stand by my use of the word. Quote:
Beth said: You guys are just silly and this is a silly thread.
I responded: Which would you prefer Beth, super silly or superciliousness? We have large quantities of both on the PB. I was supercilious for years, I prefer being silly.
| That's funny! And I didn't use the OED either.
I don't use abstruse words unless it's de facto ineludible so don't traduce me like a columniator.
(Hugs and kisses.) Quote:
Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot I would stay away from OCD, brother. People who have it find themselves compulsively reading through dictionaries and loquaciously trying to use words like 'supercillious' in everyday conversation. | | Ooops, I thought I was picking a word at random! My apologies -- sorry for traducing you, brother! 
__________________
Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project
"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole
|
09-27-2007, 06:36 PM
| | The Odd Mod(erator) | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 5,751
Thanks: 207
Thanked 1,151 Times in 496 Posts
| |
No problem Andrew, I am happy to exculpate you. |
10-16-2007, 06:41 PM
| | Puritanboard Postgraduate | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wrightwood, CA
Posts: 4,490
Thanks: 1,573
Thanked 366 Times in 220 Posts
| | |
My wife found and bought a copy for me on Ebay for $40! (It's missing the magnifying glass, though. Bummer)
My wife is a great crown. She could write a book on how to get good deals.
__________________ |
10-16-2007, 07:49 PM
|  | Puritanboard Freshman | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Langhorne, PA
Posts: 247
Thanks: 8
Thanked 20 Times in 14 Posts
| | | Dictionary
Quote:
Originally Posted by KMK After reading James Renihan's awesome article in the latest Reformed Baptist Theological Review, I realize that I need a copy of the OED. Dr. Renihan mentioned that there are dvd options and also a 2 volumn edition with every four pages shrunk to fit one page and that it comes with a magnifying glass.
What's the best bet, Andrew? | Ken
I still have the set if you are interested. Make me an offer.
John
__________________
John
Evangelical Free Church, no offices held
Langhorne, PA
[B]δός δοξαν τῳ θεῳ.[/B]
[B]ιδου ποιω τα εσχατα ως τα πρωτα.
הבל הבלים[/B]
|
10-16-2007, 10:43 PM
| | Puritanboard Postgraduate | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wrightwood, CA
Posts: 4,490
Thanks: 1,573
Thanked 366 Times in 220 Posts
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sydnorphyn Quote:
Originally Posted by KMK After reading James Renihan's awesome article in the latest Reformed Baptist Theological Review, I realize that I need a copy of the OED. Dr. Renihan mentioned that there are dvd options and also a 2 volumn edition with every four pages shrunk to fit one page and that it comes with a magnifying glass.
What's the best bet, Andrew? | Ken
I still have the set if you are interested. Make me an offer.
John | I just got it on Ebay. Thanks for the offer.
__________________ |
10-17-2007, 09:12 PM
|  | Puritanboard Junior | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 1,901
Thanks: 483
Thanked 410 Times in 256 Posts
| |
John, are you interested in selling the set to someone besides Ken? Is it the shrunken one with the magnifying glass? And if so what kind of an offer would you be interested in? Could you U2U me? My birthday is coming up.... Currently to expand my vocabulary I read Bob's posts. But I have always, always, wanted the magnifying glass. And I would love to finally look up some of the words Stephen R. Donaldson uses that aren't listed in other dictionaries.
I stay away from ebay. After my last experience I wrote a tragic play on how not to get great deals. The seller threatened to sue me over it. Not that she was even named. But: note to self: never refer hostile seller to comic play in which hostile seller appears as villain.....
__________________
Heidi
Indianapolis, Indiana
After two days, he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
Last edited by a mere housewife; 10-17-2007 at 09:27 PM.
|
10-17-2007, 09:32 PM
| | Puritanboard Freshman | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Langhorne, PA
Posts: 247
Thanks: 8
Thanked 20 Times in 14 Posts
| | | Oed
Quote:
Originally Posted by a mere housewife John, are you interested in selling the set to someone besides Ken? Is it the shrunken one with the magnifying glass? And if so what kind of an offer would you be interested in? Could you U2U me? My birthday is coming up.... Currently to expand my vocabulary I read Bob's posts. But I have always, always, wanted the magnifying glass. And I would love to finally look up some of the words Stephen R. Donaldson uses that aren't listed in other dictionaries.
I stay away from ebay. After my last experience I wrote a tragic play on how not to get great deals. The seller threatened to sue me over it. Not that she was even named. But: note to self: never refer hostile seller to comic play in which hostile seller appears as villain..... |
Sure: I would love for someone to have it - yes, it has the glass in a little box on top of the two volumes; it is in wonderful condition. it was owned by a literature professor who took wonderful care of them; I am willing to part with them for 90.00 plus shipping - or, make me a reasonable offer. I will hold out posting it on "for-sale" until I hear from you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with your spirit.
John joliff@comcast.net
__________________
John
Evangelical Free Church, no offices held
Langhorne, PA
[B]δός δοξαν τῳ θεῳ.[/B]
[B]ιδου ποιω τα εσχατα ως τα πρωτα.
הבל הבלים[/B]
| |
