Thread: Why does an ereader need a dictionary?
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Old 06-10-2011, 01:51 AM   #117
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Originally Posted by viviena View Post
I love having dictionaries on my ereaders, and especially with my 350, I always find myself looking up an odd (or not-so-odd) word or two. My vocabulary is large compared to my peers, but I'm aware that I use some words inappropriately or in a very idiomatic, Australian English sense, so I find myself looking up words a lot to confirm context more than anything else.

Last word I looked up on my ereader? Fixing. A very simple word, yes, but I wasn't familiar with its use in the phrase 'fixing to go out', 'fixing to eat', which is apparently a common Southern US English construction.
FYI -- you're rarely likely to actually hear "fix-ING" but "fixin' " instead. There's also "Fixins" meaning the condiments and lettuce, tomato slices (sorry, no beetroot), etc. at fast food restaurants where you add those things to the burger yourself.
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