Thread: Why does an ereader need a dictionary?
View Single Post
Old 06-10-2011, 12:17 PM   #119
Bookworm_Girl
E-reader Enthusiast
Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Bookworm_Girl ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Bookworm_Girl's Avatar
 
Posts: 4,873
Karma: 36536965
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southwest, USA
Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5
Quote:
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.
Excellent example! I also use the dictionary frequently to see the use of a word in various expressions.
Bookworm_Girl is offline   Reply With Quote