Wordwizard

Phil: Alas, the modern trend attaching a new meanings to old words dilutes the Mother Tongue, though there's not much we can do about it. This trend arises from (1) laziness to find exactly the right word, and (2) adapting and old word by stretching its meaning when a new concept arises and there's ...

Thanks Woz and Phil! While I use Google extensively, I've compared it with Alltheweb; which seems to do about the same kind of thing but is harder to use; eg, it doesn't have word buttons. Alta Vista looks a lot like the former; but it would take months or years to make a valid comparison. Woz, if y...

Ken, you asked for examples. The ones I sent constituted my own collection of several years. I am sorry that none of them met your criteria for quality

Woz: Thank you
What are Lycos and Alta Vista and addresses would be much appreciated

Thank you Ken. It's very difficult deciding when a term is widespread enough to be considered "current" (whatever that means). One criterion I use is to filter the expression (placing it of course in the "exact phrase" box) by ensconcing a couple of "correct English" synonyms for the term in the "at...