As such, it could function as an excellent linguistic resource not only for the general reading public but also for linguists’ (Sobkowiak 1994: 223). I concluded my review of the first edition of Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (published in 1990) with the following words: ‘What is all the more surprising is that Longman do not offer the dictionary in computer-readable form, e.g., as CD-ROM, or on magnetic disk(s).
