Thread: Why does an ereader need a dictionary?
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Old 06-08-2011, 01:19 AM   #89
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One example. I was reading Harry Potter last night, the fourth book of the series - certainly not the most refined book around. I found these words in it, that I looked up and are now in the word log in my SONY:

taradiddles
popinjay
scalawag
codswallop
chortle
abreactions
postprandial
veldt

Now, I know I am not a native English speaker... but does anyone have a fairly precise idea of the meaning of all of those without consulting a dictionary?

And this is HARRY POTTER!!!!. You don't want me to open the log of Rushdie's books...

Not only I love SONY readers for the dictionaries - I just adore the word logs. Funny thing is, I have spoken to multiple users who didn't even know about this feature...

By the way, I have been trying to casually fit 'postprandial' in a conversation the whole day. I just love the word! But I haven't had a good chance. Tomorrow's another day, however...
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