Originally Posted by gamestats:
“I think you will find that the Merriam-Webster dictionary is American English. This thread is about English.
I've just checked on the AskOxford site (I believe the OED is the accepted authority on English) for "classist" and got the reply "Sorry, there are no results for that search."
To me that invalidates claims for "classist" to be English. American English it may be, but not English.”
“I think you will find that the Merriam-Webster dictionary is American English. This thread is about English.
I've just checked on the AskOxford site (I believe the OED is the accepted authority on English) for "classist" and got the reply "Sorry, there are no results for that search."
To me that invalidates claims for "classist" to be English. American English it may be, but not English.”
You are quite right that "classist" is most definitely not in the OED. But then show me any work on good English that suggests leaving out capital letters!!






