Oh, I make plenty of use of the OED myself, online or otherwise.
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Explore Colonel Frank Cromwell's odyssey after falling through the Stargate in Season Two's A Matter of Time, and follow Jack's search for him. Significant Tok'ra supporting characters and a human culture drawn from the annals of history. Book One of the series By Honor Bound.
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Whilst on the subject of dictionaries, I'm going to geek out for a bit:
I find Swedish dictionaries very interesting. The most commonly sold dictionary in Sweden isn't so much a dictionary as it is a list of words. The dictionary lists pretty much every single word or word combination possible in the Swedish language, and is considered to be the definitive guide for Swedish spelling, yet it doesn't list definitions!
That's left to the Swedish Academy's dictionary which, despite being worked upon 1786 is still only up to the letter T (and Swedish has three more letters than English). It's now up to just over 450,000 words and is by far and away the largest work of reference published in the Scandinavian countries. It's quite a fascinating piece of linguistic history, and is in many ways comparable to the OED. It just hasn't been completed yet!
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Originally posted by Whytewytch View Post<snip>
On a side note, I still have not found my "Eats, Shoots and Leaves".
Originally posted by Goose View PostI'm a traditionalist: I prefer the Oxford English Dictionary. Of course, being 20 volumes long, it's a bit... big, not to mention expensive, so unless I'm in a library, I stick to the Concise and Shorter versions.Originally posted by SF_and_Coffee View PostOh, I make plenty of use of the OED myself, online or otherwise.
Originally posted by Goose View PostWhilst on the subject of dictionaries, I'm going to geek out for a bit:
I find Swedish dictionaries very interesting. The most commonly sold dictionary in Sweden isn't so much a dictionary as it is a list of words. The dictionary lists pretty much every single word or word combination possible in the Swedish language, and is considered to be the definitive guide for Swedish spelling, yet it doesn't list definitions!
That's left to the Swedish Academy's dictionary which, despite being worked upon 1786 is still only up to the letter T (and Swedish has three more letters than English). It's now up to just over 450,000 words and is by far and away the largest work of reference published in the Scandinavian countries. It's quite a fascinating piece of linguistic history, and is in many ways comparable to the OED. It just hasn't been completed yet!
Oh, and speaking of the OED, anyone else enjoy their word-a-day emails??"We still commit murder because of greed and spite and jealousy, and we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything we've done. [...] Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival."
~William Adama
All this has happened before. All this is happening again.
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Originally posted by Professor_S View PostThis is sad, indeed!
Originally posted by Professor_S View PostOh, and speaking of the OED, anyone else enjoy their word-a-day emails??sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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Originally posted by Whytewytch View PostI agree!
What? What word-a-day email? I get the weekly grammar email from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, but that's it. I want a word-a-day email! **pouts becomingly--well, it would have been becoming 20 years ago**
There, there, Whytewytch. You can get one too. If you go to http://www.oed.com/, you'll see the Word of the Day in the sidebar. Underneath the word and definition is a link to sign up for the daily email."We still commit murder because of greed and spite and jealousy, and we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything we've done. [...] Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival."
~William Adama
All this has happened before. All this is happening again.
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Thank you, Professor_S! *Goes off to steady nerves with a word-a-day email*
Oh, and even worse about the book? One of my favorite bookmarks was in it--the one with the quote "You are never too old to be what you might have been"sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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Originally posted by Professor_S View PostWow. This is so cool!! How old is the Swedish language compared to English?
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That's really interesting, Goose! I remember learning about the history of the English language in middle school; when I saw Old English for the first time it blew my mind. I take it you study languages, then?
Oh boy, Whytewytch... I can see why it's one of your favourites, too! I really like that quotation. To whom is it attributed?"We still commit murder because of greed and spite and jealousy, and we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything we've done. [...] Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival."
~William Adama
All this has happened before. All this is happening again.
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Originally posted by Professor_S View PostThat's really interesting, Goose! I remember learning about the history of the English language in middle school; when I saw Old English for the first time it blew my mind. I take it you study languages, then?
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Originally posted by Professor_S View PostOh boy, Whytewytch... I can see why it's one of your favourites, too! I really like that quotation. To whom is it attributed?sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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Originally posted by Goose View PostOld English really is quite fascinating, especially when compared to Old Norse and Icelandic (which is essentially just Old Norse with a few minor tweeks). I no, I don't study languages. Yet. I've applied for an MA in sociolinguistics; I've always been fascinated by two things: languages and society. I've already got a degree in sociology so I'm hoping to get one in sociolinguistics! But so far, all my language studies have been for fun!sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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"We still commit murder because of greed and spite and jealousy, and we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything we've done. [...] Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival."
~William Adama
All this has happened before. All this is happening again.
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Originally posted by mathpiglet View PostI'm tempted to buy a poster for my classroom, but some of it is a little iffy.
What grade(s) do you teach, mathpiglet?"We still commit murder because of greed and spite and jealousy, and we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything we've done. [...] Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival."
~William Adama
All this has happened before. All this is happening again.
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