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#171682 - 11/27/07 06:24 PM a new visual dictionary
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Visual Dictionary looks interesting. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#171687 - 11/27/07 08:07 PM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Predominantly Nouns. Perhaps for a second language learner? Edited by olly (11/27/07 09:38 PM)
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#171703 - 11/28/07 08:33 AM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: olly]
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	Looks good, eta -- thanks! Olly, nouns are the easiest to illustrate, no?
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#171726 - 11/28/07 04:34 PM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: AnnaStrophic]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Indeed. One of our exercises in art class was to illustrate movement and emotion. Not as easy as one might think. Facial gestures, trees blowing, sunny skies, all allude to or suggest a meaning but are not definitive. A talented artist can achieve a more astute result but ultimately the perception is in the eye of the beholder, and we all have our favourite colours don't we?
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#171734 - 11/28/07 07:58 PM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: olly]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Contest: who can suggest the best image for the term "concept"?
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#171735 - 11/28/07 08:07 PM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: Zed]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	just for fun I clicked on condition, it showed me a hybrid car battery conditioner?!?! Its choices are as idiosyncratic as, oh darn, what was the name of our spellcheck engine a while back?
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#171736 - 11/28/07 09:26 PM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: Zed]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Originally Posted By: Zed just for fun I clicked on condition, it showed me a hybrid car battery conditioner?!?! Its choices are as idiosyncratic as, oh darn, what was the name of our spellcheck engine a while back? Ænigma
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#171749 - 11/29/07 08:42 PM Re: a new visual dictionary [Re: Faldage]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	dat's der bunny, thanks Faldage
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