[geeks] OED Wins! ;^)

Scott Howard scott at doc.net.au
Thu Nov 21 06:24:10 CST 2002


On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:41:30PM -0800, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >From http://www.oed.com/public/inside/funfacts.htm

How about :

"Longest entry in Dictionary: the verb 'set' with over 430 senses
consisting of approximately 60,000 words or 326,000 characters"

ie, it takes 60,000 words to define a 3 letter word.

Go figure.

  Scott



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