06-08-2011, 05:50 PM | #1 |
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Words in your dictionary word log?
As a spin-off from the "Why does an ereader need a dictionary?" thread, I thought it might be fun to list some of the items in your log of looked-up words. Here are some of mine, a combination of words I didn't have a clue about, words I was pretty sure I knew, but need to double-check, and words that I knew, but it struck me to wonder how the (somewhat mediocre) Sony dictionary defined it.
Recently logged words: halal haram bespoke Alexandretta Mahdi Isakederun deliquesce heterodox Tabriz Qom melliferous halva semolina prig cosmopolis semiosis elision krall salubrious apparatchiks kenning louche recondite eisteddfods polysemy ubiquinone mooncalf insouciance lugubrious irascible aspidistra quintessence dudgeon secateurs skiving agapanthus hagridden bracken punting Satsuma popinjay pouffe mugwump (I see that 13 of the words from this list aren't in Firefox's spellchecker.) |
06-08-2011, 06:06 PM | #2 |
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caryatid paraventricular helicoidal mangonel chalybeate valetudinarian tonneau sclerotic pelisses tippets feculent scorbutic petrel Are you using the American or British dictionary? I prefer the British one. |
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06-08-2011, 06:12 PM | #3 |
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I use the American one. When I first bought the Sony, I did some comparisons between what words are in there and the definitions and decided the American version was more useful, but now have no memory whatsoever of how I reached that decision.
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06-11-2011, 06:32 AM | #4 |
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How do you look up your word log without having to look through each book? Or did you go through each of your books to compile your list?
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06-11-2011, 03:41 PM | #5 |
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On my PRS-350, the "word log" is in the options menu when you have the dictionary open.
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06-11-2011, 05:22 PM | #6 |
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carbuncle (gross!)
perfidy ptomaine facile (a word I've heard many times and never quite understood what it meant) doxology surrey quirt freshet swale |
06-11-2011, 05:23 PM | #7 |
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and I didn't know my Sony had a word log so thanks!
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06-11-2011, 06:10 PM | #8 |
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I had not heard of "freshet" before - my latest lookup was "jeremiad".
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06-14-2011, 02:01 AM | #9 |
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These are the ones I had in that other thread - hope noone minds the re-posting.
taradiddles popinjay scalawag codswallop chortle abreactions postprandial veldt I don't have my PRS 350 with me, on which I have been reading recently (only the 950 and that does not get used much in terms of dictionary... I use it to read newspapers and magazines). But I'll drag my 350 to work tomorrow and dig into the word log. The English - rather than American - dictionary is what I use most as well. |
06-15-2011, 09:14 AM | #10 |
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I had a babysitter call my daughter a scalawag after a tough night with her. I was taken aback and then I laughed.
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06-15-2011, 01:11 PM | #11 |
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My word log is empty. My dictionary is wasting away from lack of use.
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06-16-2011, 02:10 AM | #12 |
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Here are mine.
salopettes messiah sinecure vieux jeu blancmange risible Moloch Esther agley desuetude Tetons autoclave |
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