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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Electronic dictionary??? #167418 04/08/2007 2:47 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 hiddengirl stranger hiddengirl stranger Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 Hi everyone, Can anyone recommend a good electronic dictionary? Thanks! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Electronic dictionary??? hiddengirl #167419 04/08/2007 3:10 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 OneLook.com indexes the following electronic dictionaries, plus over 900 others: # Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition: [107552 words] # Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition: [107301 words] # The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: [89248 words] # Cambridge International Dictionary of English: [66408 words] # Compact Oxford English Dictionary: [42157 words] # Dictionary.com: [401821 words] if you want direct links to any of these, simply Browse Dictionaries at OneLook. p.s. - if none of these is "good" enuf for you, M-W Unabridged (W3), or OED3 (beyond OED2) are available at a premium, or the latter can be sometimes accessed via your library card. Last edited by tsuwm; 04/08/2007 3:17 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Electronic dictionary??? tsuwm #167432 04/09/2007 12:50 AM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 hiddengirl stranger hiddengirl stranger Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 I meant the pocket dictionaries. I want to have something I can toss in my purse Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Electronic dictionary??? hiddengirl #167434 04/09/2007 1:06 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If you're going to toss it in your purse, why not a brick and mortar pocket dictionary? No worries about batteries giving out on you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Electronic dictionary??? Faldage #167436 04/09/2007 1:55 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Ooowee, faldelatio, you are so...so...obscene when you are so...so...semantically subtle. Last edited by themilum; 04/09/2007 1:58 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Electronic dictionary??? themilum #167441 04/09/2007 2:27 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Honey suet, Milo. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Electronic dictionary??? hiddengirl #167450 04/09/2007 3:52 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 Originally Posted By: hiddengirl I meant the pocket dictionaries. I want to have something I can toss in my purse boy, howdy! once again demonstrating conclusively that one should never ass-u-me. -joe ( the internet is in your pocket ) friday (but, as a further digression, I see that OneLook has finally (for the first time in six(6) months) re-indexed some dictionaries, and dictionary.com now lays claim to 710879 words!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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. 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