Julia wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: > > > Despite the name, Britannica is a US encyclopaedia. So the fact that it > > gives the US usage of the word does not add any light at all to the > > argument. > > Is the Oxford English Dictionary a US dictionary? I believe it is a > British dictionary. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) The OED > definition specifically states that anti-Semitism is "theory, action, or > practice directed against the Jews." Nothing is said about widening the > scope to groups beyond the Jews in the OED.
The OED is British (although one of its most prolific early contributors was an expatriate American locked up in a British asylum). I'd call it THE definitive source on origins and definitions for word in the English language. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
