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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread CD-ROM Dictionaries - recommendations, anyone? #17968 02/01/2001 9:27 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Unable to to afford the Overly Expensive Dictionary, I wonder if anyone could recommend lesser tomes they consider acceptable. I have what appears to be an abridged M-W on CD, and am interested in getting one or two others, preferably not costing more than $50 US. Thanks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: CD-ROM Dictionaries - recommendations, anyone? #17969 02/01/2001 9:58 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 Max, in addition to the OED, I have MWCD-10 (it's exactly the same data base as that available at http://www.m-w.com/ but, of course, is 'browsable' by headword) and AHD on CD-ROM. of these two the AHD has a better search function and audio pronunciation (the MW search is weak!), but MW has the better wordlist and is generally more user friendly. I can give more detail via private if you'd like. 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. (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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,464 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,273 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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