Quote:
Originally Posted by File0
Hy!
I recently inherited a quite old Webster's New Word Dictionary (College Edition) it was printed in 1957, but it's in good shape aside from the jacket.
As I'm not native English(American) speaker I'm not sure if I can use it freely or I should treat it as a precious relic from a precious person (or something in between these two?...)
|
I would say it's okay to use. English from then is pretty much the same as it is now, the spelling is the same and the meaning generally is too. I would be wary if it says 'colloquialism' or 'figure of speech' or 'slang' in the definition, because those kinds of things go in and out of the language very quickly, for example back then 'square' could mean someone very geeky, but no one uses 'square' to mean that anymore. The majority of words you should be fine with though
