Originally written by Nienke Brandsma on August 8, 2009 6:58 AM I tend to use both - normal dictionaries if I'm unsure, and online dictionaries if I'm just checking something that I think I know anyway.

That`s it!

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/10/18/the_word_the_case_for_dictionary_day/

Dictionary Day - also known as Noah Webster’s Birthday - was Oct. 16, and throughout the English-speaking world, small children placed their dictionary stands by the hearthstone, hoping that Noah himself would magically come down the chimney and leave them a shiny new dictionary (left open to the word “dictionary,” of course). In some places, Dictionary Day is celebrated with bonfires of the past years’ dictionaries, the baking of the traditional aardvark-shaped cookies, and the singing of etymology carols.

No? That didn’t happen in your household? I’m a lexicographer, and it didn’t happen in mine, either. ...

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Why is it that so many people choose to keep old dictionaries?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/magazine/18FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

Originally written by Jacek K. on October 18, 2009 2:22 AM http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/10/18/the_word_the_case_for_dictionary_day/ Dictionary Day - also known as Noah Webster’s Birthday - was Oct. 16, and throughout the English-speaking world, small children placed their dictionary stands by the hearthstone, hoping that Noah himself would magically come down the chimney and leave them a shiny new dictionary (left open to the word “dictionary,” of course). In some places, Dictionary Day is celebrated with bonfires of the past years’ dictionaries, the baking of the traditional aardvark-shaped cookies, and the singing of etymology carols.

This is a great idea, because some dictionaries really deserve to be burnt.