Primarily, I am asking you to pay attention to any recommendations you have with regards copyright date. The Powers That Be have been fucking with the English language for some time now and I prefer my dictionaries to be as old, or nearly as old, as I am. (I am erudite enough to let my life fill in any blank spaces an older dictionary might have.) If you want to see the concerns behind my beef, look for a video I share here: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...ed-from-OP&p=10132933&viewfull=1#post10132933
Looking through Amazon, I find no English etymology dictionary for sale. [I find this deeply disturbing.] The negative comments on what there is available there tells the story of woe for anyone concerned with the English language.
I need a dictionary of English etymology that is not so concise so as to be useless when writing in a past setting, outside of Latin and Greek influences. The purpose of this book is to check my vocabulary at times when I feel I may be overreaching the language of my characters in dialogue. I will need to purchase a book that is more comprehensive than an elaborate thesaurus. Looking at what's available today, and being concerned as I am for my language, I even wonder if anyone knows what I am talking about so please, as a fellow writer, forgive any condescending vibe.
I am on the road in a foreign language-speaking country and I appreciate your help in locating what I seek.
Looking through Amazon, I find no English etymology dictionary for sale. [I find this deeply disturbing.] The negative comments on what there is available there tells the story of woe for anyone concerned with the English language.
I need a dictionary of English etymology that is not so concise so as to be useless when writing in a past setting, outside of Latin and Greek influences. The purpose of this book is to check my vocabulary at times when I feel I may be overreaching the language of my characters in dialogue. I will need to purchase a book that is more comprehensive than an elaborate thesaurus. Looking at what's available today, and being concerned as I am for my language, I even wonder if anyone knows what I am talking about so please, as a fellow writer, forgive any condescending vibe.
I am on the road in a foreign language-speaking country and I appreciate your help in locating what I seek.
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