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What about duplicates? For example, I have two copies of Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, one for work and one for home.
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So, f'rinstance, biblical dictionaries would count, e.g. Paul J. Achtemeier, Ed., Harper's Bible Dictionary, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985, and John D. Davis, The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible rev. ed., Philadelphia: Westminster, 1944, as would F.L. Cross & F.A. Livingstone, Eds., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2d ed.), London: Oxford University Press, 1974 but Michael Walsh, Ed., Dictionary of Christian Biography, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2001, would not, because it contains short biographies (like in Who's Who) rather than definitions.
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I only kept four in the last move. Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Scrabble Dictionary 3rd Edition interesting to note that "squaw" was in the 2nd Edition, but is missing from the 3rd, Pequeño Larrouse Illustrado (Español) and The Bantam New College Spanish/English Dictionary.
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Only one paper dictionary for English, Chambers, and one CD-ROM, Merriam-Webster. One Spanish, one Italian, and three Hindi. That's it.
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I'm almost ashamed to finally report this, for a couple of reasons. thirty-seven (37)
the reasons:
- the number is clearly excessive in comparison to some
- the number is on the other hand paltry in comparison to some here and in light of my conceits
- the subset that is coextensive with a subset of Wordmarm's list :)
- I haven't actualized the list for posting
- the way that I have bandied about the number thirty-seven in other contexts [think of the way that the number forty-two has been corrupted]
well that was patently more than a couple. so tsue me.
p.s. - the rule [insert standard AWADian disclaimer on rules here] I finally employed is this:
count it if it can be used it to look up a word spelling/definition/etymology/pronunciation/citation other lexicographical element; don't count it if its prime use is for translation, comparitive discourse, or other maundering attributes.
this served to eliminate things such as phrase books, extended glossaries tacked onto other tomes (see e.g. Mencken's "The American Language"), scholarly discursions on word use (Safire, Buckley, Hayakawa, et al), etc.
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Just one. Why buy something useful and fascinating when I can consistently and ignorantly waste my paltry income on candy and pizza?  I really would like a (any) version of the OED though.
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the way that I have bandied about the number thirty-seven in other contexts [think of the way that the number forty-two has been corrupted]
- and -
this served to eliminate things such as...
Something is rotten in the state of...
I thought the "problem-child" number was 43...
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but I'm sure most of them are foreign language dictionaries.
We have a Websters and an American Heritage.
And we have a two volume abridged OED.
I also have a "dictionary of difficult words" containing the kind of words that cause the chicks to flock to tsuwm.
I have 3 german-english dictionaries, one russian-english, one spanish-english.
My wife has a chinese-english dictionary (I think she has two of them).
My oldest daughter has a french-english dictionary.
I used to have a german-english dictionary of science and math terms which I loved, but I loaned it out and it never returned.
A pretty meager account of myself.
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I currently have one(1!) e-groupie. her greeting is usually the inialism TLM (Teacher, Lord, Master), which I think was in response to the conceit of my ID. she often gets discouraged by my lack of response; but I can pretty much count on a minimun of one email a week.
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You've made it now, tswum! I expect to see your bio on E! TV next year. I can hardly wait.
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