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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Roget's Thesaurus #26937 04/21/01 11:46 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York The May issue of The Atlantic Monthly features Simon Winchester, he of The Professor and the Madman, not merely questioning the relevance of this standard old reference but accusing it of being responsible in large part for today's "linguistic and intellectual mediocrity." Any takers? It can be read online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/05/winchester-p1.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Roget's Thesaurus AnnaStrophic 04/21/01 11:46 AM Re: Roget's Thesaurus wwh 04/21/01 02:25 PM Re: Roget's Thesaurus Max Quordlepleen 04/22/01 02:41 AM Re: Roget's Thesaurus Bridget 04/22/01 02:53 AM Re: Roget's Thesaurus Bridget 04/22/01 02:54 AM Re: Roget's Thesaurus Capital Kiwi 04/22/01 03:53 AM Re: Roget's Thesaurus Faldage 04/23/01 01:28 PM Re: Roget's Thesaurus wow 04/23/01 03:05 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,319 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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