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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Visual Thesaurus #86677 11/11/2002 4:47 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 12 Vancouver, BC Flamsterette_X stranger Flamsterette_X stranger Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 12 Vancouver, BC This is a cool site that I just found.. read the blurb below for more. It allows you to see the English language in all its complexity. Thought it would be perfect for all you guys. Disclaimer: I haven't tried this site out yet, as it sounds like the kind of thing that might take forever to load on my computer. Sure sounds great, though. Guess I'll wait for the weekend on this one or something. (don't worry, I'm used to it) Visual Thesaurus http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp The Visual Thesaurus isn't just another way to find the right word, it's a way to understand the English language in all its subtlety. Take the 16 different meanings of the deceptively simple word "train," for example, which appears surrounded by dozens of colored spheres. Each represents a related adjective, noun, verb or adverb linked to still more words that represent an entire galaxy of orbiting nuanced meanings. The site uses a database developed by the Cognitive Science Lab of Princeton with more than 50,000 words and 40,000 phrases to plumb human psycholinguistic memory and create an architecture of language in a revealing spatial map of word associations. F_X "Did you eat another dictionary?" -- what an online friend said to me once "Did you eat another dictionary?" -- what an online friend said to me once Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86678 11/11/2002 5:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 My Netscape 4.7 could not handle the jsp format, Rats! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86679 11/11/2002 10:42 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 12 Vancouver, BC Flamsterette_X stranger Flamsterette_X stranger Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 12 Vancouver, BC Oops. Sorry about that. I did try out the site, and it appears to work even on my crappy computer. Very interesting. Unfortunately, I have no idea on how to make it work for your computer, wwh. (since I know nothing about computers) Edited to add: It worked just fine with IE 4.01, and on a 486, too! (yes, I know.. my computer is very slow) "Did you eat another dictionary?" -- what an online friend said to me once "Did you eat another dictionary?" -- what an online friend said to me once Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86680 11/11/2002 10:51 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 One thing it's got a spurious space in the url as Flam X entered it. Try http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86681 11/11/2002 11:10 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) nancyk addict nancyk addict Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) Didn't Jackie show us this site just a month ago? as http://thesaurus.plumbdesign.com/index.jsp At least that's how I bookmarked it - Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86682 11/11/2002 11:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Indeed, Nancy. Like a good virus, it must be getting around . Meanwhile, thanks, Flamsterette! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86683 11/12/2002 12:42 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 12 Vancouver, BC Flamsterette_X stranger Flamsterette_X stranger Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 12 Vancouver, BC Oops, sorry about the link problem, guys. I'm still trying to learn the markup code.. I even previewed my post at least five times before it seemed all right to me. Six posts and you're already abbreviating my name, huh? It's all good, though. I had no idea that Jackie told you about the site before; it's a big enough board that I can't read all the new posts in between my infrequent visits. Sorry about that. "Did you eat another dictionary?" -- what an online friend said to me once "Did you eat another dictionary?" -- what an online friend said to me once Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Visual Thesaurus #86684 11/12/2002 1:06 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Signed, Chopped Liver 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. 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