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From: mjn@TEDDY.UUCP (Mark J. Norton)
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Subject: Re: QUERY RE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LEXICONS
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 15:34:14 EST
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Although you mentioned that you are not intrested in commericial lexicons,
I would suggest you contact someone in AI R&D at Wang Laboratories.  I
spent several years there working on these and can assure you that they are
quality lexicons containing all (and more) of the information you require.
The source of data is the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, to which 
they own exclusive computer rights.  They also have on-line lexicons dealing
with Legal Terms, Medical Terms, Scientific Terms, Roget's Thesaurus, 
Place-Names, Translation Aids to French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, and Arabic, British Spellings of words,
and other specialized lists.  It is quite possible that Wang
might let you use their information in return for application and 
consultation access.  Send me mail if you would like to persue this, and
need specific contacts there.

Mark J. Norton, 59 New Estate Road, Littleton, MA  01460.


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