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Originally Posted by Moab
Thanks tylin, this is entirely different from what we have been discussing, not only here, but this whole 10 years. Where does it say "dog-eared"? Which, unless I am backwards, usually happens at the top of the page. My Websters Collegiate edition was either a different sized book or a different edition since the word "incest" is the first word on the right-hand page, not the left. From what you quoted above from ST's book though it sounds to me like a large portion of the page was folded. Is that how anyone else interprets it? It would be interesting to know if any other pages from that book looked to have been folded down at some point in time.
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I have a Webster's 9th Collegiate Dictionary, published in 1991.
The word "incest" is the top word in the left hand column of the right-hand page (page 609).
Since it is the top word in the first column on that page, it appears twice; once on the top of the right hand column, where a small fold over would point to it and once on the top of the left hand column, where a considerable amount of the page would have to be folded to point to it.
If the dictionary is this version of the book, I could see a possible reason why Steve might have
thought it was the bottom left side page. What if he refreshed his memory by looking at a picture that was good enough resolution to see the fold, but not to read the words. If the picture was of the coffee table/area rather than the book itself, it could be possible that the picture showed the book upside down. Or, he might have been thinking of the left side column, but sort of 'translated' that in his mind to left hand page. I doubt that he had access to all the evidence while he was writing his book.
If it was a different edition, incest could have been close to the bottom of the right hand column on the left side page. It would not take too many words to bump it over if it was an earlier edition.
We can't know if it was an earlier edition, but it has to be
no more than the 9th edition. According to
Amazon.com's listing for the Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the 11th edition was published in 2003
Hardcover: 1664 pages
Publisher: Merriam-Webster; 11th edition (July 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0877798087
ISBN-13: 978-0877798088
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.3 x 2 inches
And, the 10th edition was published in 1998.
link to the 10th Edition on Amazon.
Hardcover: 1559 pages
Publisher: Merriam-Webster; 10th Indx edition (1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0877797099
ISBN-13: 978-0877797098
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.63 pounds