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Encarta World English Dictionary, 2nd edition
AUE's old favourite The Encarta World English Dictionary (1999) has been revised, augmented, gimmicked and renamed: say hello to The Bloomsbury English Dictionary!
It hasn't had many reviews yet. The Guardian has some nice words to say about it in its World of Books column (though it was co-operating with Bloomsbury in a high-profile promotion at the time); Michael Quinion just lists its features and notes that the 'over-emphatic flagging of obscene terms remains from the first edition'; and Christopher Howse, writing in the Spectator, hates it as much as he hated its predecessor ('... absurdities ... errors ... ranting ... this ridiculous dictionary, distinguished neither by accuracy nor by good judgment').
Its main innovation is the inclusion of 1,000 common misspellings as headwords, with the correct spellings beside them so that poor spellers can get to where they want to go quickly and easily. Not a bad idea.
http://www.bloomsbury.com/BookCatalog/ProductItem.asp?S=1&sku=22042909
http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/re-dic1.htm
Mickwick
It hasn't had many reviews yet. The Guardian has some nice words to say about it in its World of Books column (though it was co-operating with Bloomsbury in a high-profile promotion at the time); Michael Quinion just lists its features and notes that the 'over-emphatic flagging of obscene terms remains from the first edition'; and Christopher Howse, writing in the Spectator, hates it as much as he hated its predecessor ('... absurdities ... errors ... ranting ... this ridiculous dictionary, distinguished neither by accuracy nor by good judgment').
Its main innovation is the inclusion of 1,000 common misspellings as headwords, with the correct spellings beside them so that poor spellers can get to where they want to go quickly and easily. Not a bad idea.
http://www.bloomsbury.com/BookCatalog/ProductItem.asp?S=1&sku=22042909
http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/re-dic1.htm
Mickwick
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Mickwick wrote on 24 Nov 2004: [nq:1]AUE's old favourite The Encarta World English Dictionary (1999) has been revised, augmented, gimmicked and renamed: say hello to The ... poor spellers can get to where they want to go quickly and easily. Not a bad idea.
- Mickwick wrote on 24 Nov 2004: [nq:1]AUE's old favourite The Encarta World English Dictionary (1999) has been revised, augmented, gimmicked and renamed: say hello to The ...
- poor spellers can get to where they want to go quickly and easily.
- Not a bad idea.
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Mickwick wrote on 24 Nov 2004:
[nq:1]AUE's old favourite The Encarta World English Dictionary (1999) has been revised, augmented, gimmicked and renamed: say hello to The ... poor spellers can get to where they want to go quickly and easily. Not a bad idea. http://www.bloomsbury.com/Book
[nq:1]AUE's old favourite The Encarta World English Dictionary (1999) has been revised, augmented, gimmicked and renamed: say hello to The ... poor spellers can get to where they want to go quickly and easily. Not a bad idea. http://www.bloomsbury.com/Book
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[nq:1]There is a separate US edition under the title Encarta Websterâ??s Dictionary of the English Language ...[/nq]
Aha! Market research must have shown that the 'Encarta' tag isn't a turn-off in America.
Mickwick
Aha! Market research must have shown that the 'Encarta' tag isn't a turn-off in America.
Mickwick
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[nq:1]Michael Quinion just lists its features and notes that the 'over-emphatic flagging of obscene terms remains from the first edition';[/nq]
That's probably a good marketing feature.
Don't most schoolboys consult dictionaries primarily for the thrill of looking up the dirty words?
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
That's probably a good marketing feature.
Don't most schoolboys consult dictionaries primarily for the thrill of looking up the dirty words?
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
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Mickwick wrote on 26 Nov 2004:
[nq:2]There is a separate US edition under the title Encarta Websterâ??s Dictionary of the English Language ...[/nq]
[nq:1]Aha! Market research must have shown that the 'Encarta' tag isn't a turn-off in America.[/nq]
It's a turn-off here in southern Taiwan. I bought the DVD edition and think so little of it after using it a few times that I never use it a
[nq:2]There is a separate US edition under the title Encarta Websterâ??s Dictionary of the English Language ...[/nq]
[nq:1]Aha! Market research must have shown that the 'Encarta' tag isn't a turn-off in America.[/nq]
It's a turn-off here in southern Taiwan. I bought the DVD edition and think so little of it after using it a few times that I never use it a
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[nq:2]Michael Quinion just lists its features and notes that the 'over-emphatic flagging of obscene terms remains from the first edition';[/nq]
[nq:1]That's probably a good marketing feature. Don't most schoolboys consult dictionaries primarily for the thrill of looking up the dirty words?[/nq]
It might look good on the jacket - 'Dirty words emphatically flagged!' - but when they find the
[nq:1]That's probably a good marketing feature. Don't most schoolboys consult dictionaries primarily for the thrill of looking up the dirty words?[/nq]
It might look good on the jacket - 'Dirty words emphatically flagged!' - but when they find the
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[nq:2]"Mickwick" wrote in alt.usage.english: That's probably a good marketing feature. Don't most schoolboys consult dictionaries primarily for the thrill of looking up the dirty words?[/nq]
[nq:1]It might look good on the jacket - 'Dirty words emphatically flagged!' - but when they find the words they'll also find a lecture and that might take the fun out of it.[/nq]
Are you kidding? Know
[nq:1]It might look good on the jacket - 'Dirty words emphatically flagged!' - but when they find the words they'll also find a lecture and that might take the fun out of it.[/nq]
Are you kidding? Know
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[nq:1]Mickwick wrote on 26 Nov 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]Aha! Market research must have shown that the 'Encarta' tag isn't a turn-off in America.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's a turn-off here in southern Taiwan. I bought the DVD edition and think so little of it after using it a few times that I never use it anymore. A waste of .[/nq]
On a whim, I bought a CD version of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations la
[nq:2]Aha! Market research must have shown that the 'Encarta' tag isn't a turn-off in America.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's a turn-off here in southern Taiwan. I bought the DVD edition and think so little of it after using it a few times that I never use it anymore. A waste of .[/nq]
On a whim, I bought a CD version of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations la
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[nq:2]Mickwick wrote on 26 Nov 2004: It's a turn-off here ... that I never use it anymore. A waste of .[/nq]
[nq:1]On a whim, I bought a CD version of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations last week. I installed it, tried ... it), and it's probably worth about £10 to someone somewhere, but it gives the OUP a bad name, I reckon.[/nq]
For me they got that after I realized the tiniest of virtua
[nq:1]On a whim, I bought a CD version of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations last week. I installed it, tried ... it), and it's probably worth about £10 to someone somewhere, but it gives the OUP a bad name, I reckon.[/nq]
For me they got that after I realized the tiniest of virtua
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[nq:2]but it gives the OUP a bad name, I reckon.[/nq]
[nq:1]For me they got that after I realized the tiniest of virtually invisible scratches, for I handle CDs most gingerly, ... the girl there, after charging me £25 for a replacement disk, admitted they'd had loads of complaints about their disks.[/nq]
Ah, a timely warning. What would happen if one sprayed a coating of...I don't know...p
[nq:1]For me they got that after I realized the tiniest of virtually invisible scratches, for I handle CDs most gingerly, ... the girl there, after charging me £25 for a replacement disk, admitted they'd had loads of complaints about their disks.[/nq]
Ah, a timely warning. What would happen if one sprayed a coating of...I don't know...p
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[nq:1]valid.[/nq]
[nq:2]Even the girl there, after charging me £25 for a replacement disk, admitted they'd had loads of complaints about their disks.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah, a timely warning. What would happen if one sprayed a coating of...I don't know...perhaps hair-spray, picture varnish, or something onto the printed side of a CD? Would it add protection, or would it just dissolve or crack up th
[nq:2]Even the girl there, after charging me £25 for a replacement disk, admitted they'd had loads of complaints about their disks.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah, a timely warning. What would happen if one sprayed a coating of...I don't know...perhaps hair-spray, picture varnish, or something onto the printed side of a CD? Would it add protection, or would it just dissolve or crack up th
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