http://stilgherrian.com All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Stilgherrian no Stilgherrian stil@stilgherrian.com stil@stilgherrian.com (Stilgherrian) 2006-2007 A master feed of all Stilgherrian's audio and video podcasts. http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sla_144w.jpg http://stilgherrian.com http://stilgherrian.com/media/fairfax_drops_macquarie_dictionary/ http://stilgherrian.com/media/fairfax_drops_macquarie_dictionary/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:20:31 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/fairfax_drops_macquarie_dictionary/ I’m not the only one critical of the Macquarie Dictionary, it seems. Big fat media empire Fairfax is switching over to using the Australian Oxford Dictionary. Crikey has the story (behind the paywall for the moment). They quote the Fairfax memo: “Style officers from major papers in the group agree that the Oxford has a stronger sense of style than the Macquarie, offers concise, informative definitions and clearly states its preference for word usage, and therefore is better suited for use in a media organisation.”

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