Which Dictionary?

clanelliott · 01-12-2011, 01:01 PM

Hi All
I am looking for an English (UK spelling) Dictionary, what do you have, how easy is it to search, will it search whilst reading a ebook ie can you highlight a word in an ebook and it will then give you a definition or should i stick to a good old hardback.
Thanks

MacEachaidh · 01-14-2011, 07:55 AM

Hi clanelliot,

(Or should I say Feasgar math? A bheil thu 'gam tuigsinn?)

I haven't seen or heard of an English-language dictionary that runs on either the Story or the Cover Story. The Korean original comes with an in-built dictionary in Korean, but iRiver has said it's not planning to develop an English equivalent, and as far as I know nobody else has developed one either.

Though I'd be delighted to hear if anyone else knows of one.

James_Wilde · 01-14-2011, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Hi clanelliot,

(Or should I say Feasgar math? A bheil thu 'gam tuigsinn?)

I haven't seen or heard of an English-language dictionary that runs on either the Story or the Cover Story. The Korean original comes with an in-built dictionary in Korean, but iRiver has said it's not planning to develop an English equivalent, and as far as I know nobody else has developed one either.

Though I'd be delighted to hear if anyone else knows of one.

Bran, I never did take you up on that offline comment on your teaching gaelic. I admire your courage. There must be even fewer takers for that in OZ than there are for Mandarin in Eskilstuna (the nearest town to me). We are four determined souls!

Joking aside, what is the function of the dictionary? As far as I know one can't click on a word in the Iriver, so it can't be used for looking up in that sense. One could open it and search, presumably.

Or am I missing something? And is this something for the guys planning an open source upgrade to the Iriver?

MacEachaidh · 01-14-2011, 10:13 AM

I think you're right about the dictionary, James. The iRiver has no cursor and no way of supporting hyperlinks (that I've been able to find!), so it wouldn't be able to support an interactive context-sensitive dictionary, at least. At least not without a rewrite of the OS, as far as I can tell.

The Gaelic, I really enjoy, and my most recent class went really well (it just finished today, in fact). There's quite a good response to Gaelic here in OZ -- maybe not surprising when you consider that Australia was one of the standard destinations for emigrating Scottish Highlanders and people from the Western Isles from the time the Clearances began. A fairly hefty percentage of the Australian population has Scottish ancestry, and a growing number of folk is keen to recapture their heritage.

I'm impressed that you have a Mandarin learning group active in Eskilstuna, whatever the numbers. That's fantastic!

Have you got a fluent teacher, or are you self-supporting?

James_Wilde · 01-14-2011, 11:55 AM

Ah yes, it is the English national shame that scots and particularly irish was at one time virtually a synonym for criminal. And after that, there was the diaspora from Scotland and Ireland during the years of famine.

As for Mandarin, well, our teacher is definitely short on pedagogy! He's a native Mandarin speaker, but his pronunciation of Swedish is not good, which makes it hard for me who am not a native Swedish speaker.

Apart from our teacher, we are active amongst ourselves, sharing tips on good sites and programs we can use. Two of us have made a start on trying to learn to read the characters, but I have to say it is not easy. Still it should keep the Alzheimer's at bay. (They say that brain gymnastics is good for slowing the effects of dementia illnesses.)

01-12-2011, 01:01 PM	#1
clanelliott Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 188 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Scotland Device: iriver story	Which Dictionary? Hi All I am looking for an English (UK spelling) Dictionary, what do you have, how easy is it to search, will it search whilst reading a ebook ie can you highlight a word in an ebook and it will then give you a definition or should i stick to a good old hardback. Thanks

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01-14-2011, 07:55 AM	#2
MacEachaidh Browser Posts: 745 Karma: 578294 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	Hi clanelliot, (Or should I say Feasgar math? A bheil thu 'gam tuigsinn?) I haven't seen or heard of an English-language dictionary that runs on either the Story or the Cover Story. The Korean original comes with an in-built dictionary in Korean, but iRiver has said it's not planning to develop an English equivalent, and as far as I know nobody else has developed one either. Though I'd be delighted to hear if anyone else knows of one.

01-14-2011, 10:13 AM	#4
MacEachaidh Browser Posts: 745 Karma: 578294 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	I think you're right about the dictionary, James. The iRiver has no cursor and no way of supporting hyperlinks (that I've been able to find!), so it wouldn't be able to support an interactive context-sensitive dictionary, at least. At least not without a rewrite of the OS, as far as I can tell. The Gaelic, I really enjoy, and my most recent class went really well (it just finished today, in fact). There's quite a good response to Gaelic here in OZ -- maybe not surprising when you consider that Australia was one of the standard destinations for emigrating Scottish Highlanders and people from the Western Isles from the time the Clearances began. A fairly hefty percentage of the Australian population has Scottish ancestry, and a growing number of folk is keen to recapture their heritage. I'm impressed that you have a Mandarin learning group active in Eskilstuna, whatever the numbers. That's fantastic! Have you got a fluent teacher, or are you self-supporting?

01-14-2011, 11:55 AM	#5
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	Ah yes, it is the English national shame that scots and particularly irish was at one time virtually a synonym for criminal. And after that, there was the diaspora from Scotland and Ireland during the years of famine. As for Mandarin, well, our teacher is definitely short on pedagogy! He's a native Mandarin speaker, but his pronunciation of Swedish is not good, which makes it hard for me who am not a native Swedish speaker. Apart from our teacher, we are active amongst ourselves, sharing tips on good sites and programs we can use. Two of us have made a start on trying to learn to read the characters, but I have to say it is not easy. Still it should keep the Alzheimer's at bay. (They say that brain gymnastics is good for slowing the effects of dementia illnesses.)

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