On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:26:27 -0400, YHL quote & wrote:
>
> > > I've seen a 7-language dictionary for sale in the Campus Store at
Cornell
> > > but don't know if that's what you mean by a polyglot dictionary.
> >
> > Yep, that's a polyglot dictionary... but I 'd like more than
just 7
> > European-centric languages. I have seen a polyglot dictionary at my
public
> > library that is titled _Comprehensive Dictionary of 27 Languages_
(published
> > circa 1966 or '67) that has a much wider variety of languages.
Unfortunately
> > the library Authoritarians won't let that dictionary outta their
eyeballing
> > range & without signing for it in triplicate (sheesh they might as well
have
> > it on a chain and 1 ton iron ball). Darn... I was gonna "borrow" it for
a
> > few months and then return it. Honest ;)
>
> The one I saw was European-centric. One of my Korean grammars
> cross-lists Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin?) but that's
> Far East-centric. Have you tried Amazon.com? I've occasionally ahd luck
> finding things on their site, whether or not I buy from them.
>
I have tried Amazon and Bookfinders & Abebooks.
No luck so far...
czHANg
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