Building Vocabulary - Page 2

TGS · 12-02-2011, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

... I learned recently that in parts of Scotland, neeps are turnips...

Or possibly not...controversy rages over whether they are turnips or swedes. For a brief introduction to the issues see this.

Canuck_in_Japan · 12-02-2011, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by elemenoP

Yes, I confess I have tried to touch a word on a pbook to look it up. Nothing happened.

eP

I haven't done it but I have felt the urge and then realized that I couldn't because I was reading a paperbook.

mbovenka · 12-02-2011, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Daithi

I agree, that is fun. Although, I couldn't get any of the time bonuses.

I did, but I took the trouble of registering so I could see what it takes to actually win the cash. A score of 48+? Say what? My highest was something like 43.5, and that one went like 'Click -> Next -> Click -> Next....'. Something like 10 seconds in total or so.

I have *no* idea how you get a 8+ point time bonus...

b0ned0me · 12-02-2011, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by leebase

Now it's so easy to just click on a word and have the definition pop up.

If only I'd had such technology available during my first encounter with Foucault's Pendulum by Mr Eco.
I consider myself to have a better-than average vocabulary, but

Namekuseijin · 12-02-2011, 12:41 PM

Specially great for foreign readers.

OTOH, this and the fact that so many old classics are freely available downloads in the public domain may have the small side-effect that a new generation of authors begin writing akin to Lovecraft, with anachronic vocabulary.

DMB · 12-02-2011, 01:01 PM

I've just been reading a book with a lot of endnotes on my K3. I have been very irritated as I tabbed to the note index to keep having definitions flashing up for every word.

The one time a dictionary might have been really useful to me was when I was reading a book with a lot of Scots words. But, of course, they weren't in the dictionary.

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12-02-2011, 12:41 PM	#20
Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	Specially great for foreign readers. OTOH, this and the fact that so many old classics are freely available downloads in the public domain may have the small side-effect that a new generation of authors begin writing akin to Lovecraft, with anachronic vocabulary.

12-02-2011, 01:01 PM	#21
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	I've just been reading a book with a lot of endnotes on my K3. I have been very irritated as I tabbed to the note index to keep having definitions flashing up for every word. The one time a dictionary might have been really useful to me was when I was reading a book with a lot of Scots words. But, of course, they weren't in the dictionary.