Belle in court

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  1. TheDavisChanger

    TheDavisChanger Well-Known Member

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    TheDavisChanger, Dec 17, 2009
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    #21
    Not your best work, floyd.

    No, I was looking for "abhorable", but seeing as how it is not actually a word, "deplorable" would do.
     
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  2. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    #22
    and yet...
     
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  3. TheDavisChanger

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    #23
    I blame dictionary.reference.com for not listing all variants of a word with the entry of the variant's root.
    I blame myself for not explicitly checking Xiao_Caity's suggestion against the web site's search function.
    Thank you both for the edification.
     
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  4. Muro

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    The farmer is doing it wrong. When shearing the wool of a sheep, it is crucial to keep it in one piece. Tsk-tsk, such inconsistency with reality.
     
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  5. Xiao_Caity

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    Xiao_Caity, Dec 18, 2009
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    #25
    And that's why I still own REAL dictionaries, my friend. *grin*
     
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  6. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    #26
    Your welcome. I am happy to edifice you.
     
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    #27
    What is this wonderful physical copy dictionary you have, Xiao, which manages to cover more vocabulary than the internet dictionary comprised of five-six different dictionary sources?
     
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  8. Xiao_Caity

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    The full 24-volume Collins dictionary, actually. It's a bitch to store, but allows me to be a smart-arse QUEEN.
     
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  9. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    Dark Elf, Dec 18, 2009
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    #29
    I make do just fine with my Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary and the Norstedts Swedish to English/English to Swedish dictionary I once managed to soak with meat soup.
     
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  10. Xz

    Xz Monkey Admin Staff Member

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    #30
    I only have one dictionary, and that's nynorsk (New Norwegian) to bokmål (lit. Book Language aka. eastern Norwegian).

    Otherwise askoxford.com and translate.google.com work just fine for my needs.
     
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  11. Xiao_Caity

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    Xiao_Caity, Dec 21, 2009
    Xiao_Caity, Dec 21, 2009
    #31
    Actually, I wound up buying mine on the recommendation of my pre-tertiary literature teacher. It took me a couple of years to get the full set, but it's been totally worth it.

    Scuze me, I think I've got something in my eye...
     
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  12. Vorak

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    I am planning on buying the full set of the Longer Oxford English Dictionary soon. Word is that the 3rd edition is't going to be printed at all and I like real books.
     
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  13. Dark Elf

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    Dark Elf, Dec 21, 2009
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    Books look classy.

    When I get rich, I will have a mansion with a library full of leather bound books. I may not ever read them, but nothing else in the world could give off the same aura of snobbish education.
     
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    #34
    That's very the Great Gatsby-ish.
     
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  15. Dark Elf

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    Dark Elf, Dec 21, 2009
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    I would like to add an order of magnitude to that and say that my aspirations are more like those of Charles Foster Kane.
     
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  16. Vorak

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    Vorak, Dec 22, 2009
    Vorak, Dec 22, 2009
    #36
    The Xanadu of Sweden? Now that would be a sight worth seeing.
     
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  17. TheDavisChanger

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    TheDavisChanger, Dec 22, 2009
    TheDavisChanger, Dec 22, 2009
    #37
    It is my understanding that "jiggy" as used in the context made popular by Will Smith is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. These inclusion alone steers me toward the American Heritage Dictionary, should I ever stir myself to purchase one.
     
    TheDavisChanger, Dec 22, 2009
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