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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The reference book #60191 03/08/02 11:31 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1 z'minga I Into somethin' OP stranger OP Into somethin' stranger I Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1 z'minga Can somebody please explain why 'dictionary' has gained such prevalence over 'lexicon' and other words? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The reference book #60192 03/08/02 11:38 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 All my lexicons have Dictionary written on the cover! Best explanation I can come up with. And welcome aBoard, Into somethin'! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The reference book #60193 03/08/02 11:56 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, dictionaries sell -- had Ambrose Bierce called his work "Bierce's Aphorisms" we probably wouldn't know of it at all. early collections of words were called glossaries or vocabularies, but then they weren't really dictionaries, as they lacked definitions. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 569 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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