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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread a dictionary party in my pocket #70612 05/20/02 12:47 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1 J Joe Walp OP stranger OP Joe Walp stranger J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1 Perhaps you've come across the little blue Langenscheidt Mini Webster Dictionary [1] at a bookstore. One technique used to keep the volume tiny is to exclude common words such as play in favor of not-so-common words such as polysemous. (Disclaimer: I haven't verified that this particular word is included.) Anyway, I recently acquired a Palm OS device. Several Handango software suites bundle the WordSmith word processing app [2] with an integrated thesaurus app [3] and the Bdicty dictionary app [4]. Unfortunately, the default lexicons choose to define play rather than polysmeous. I'm wondering whether you're aware of a soft dictionary or thesaurus with entries selected or categorized using the Langenscheidt Mini Webster heuristic described above. Being a software developer, I could easily convert it to Thesaurus records and/or a Bdicty lexicon. I've come across an online list [5] by Mr. Steve Chrisomalis. But I'm afraid it contains entries too obscure to be useful for communication with even my most learned acquaintances. Perhaps someone has access to an archive of the parlez.com _Word of the Day_ entries. . . . With care, Joe Walp [1] mini dictionary http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887295010 That company also offers mini translation dictionaries. As I recall, the French one has a green cover. [2] WordSmith word processing app http://www.bluenomad.com/ws/prod_wordsmith_details.html [3] Thesaurus thesaurus/spellchecking app http://www.ddhsoftware.com/thesaurus.html [4] Bdicty dictionary app http://www.beiks.com/palmzonebg/Bdictyen.htm [5] http://phrontistery.50megs.com/ihlstart.html http://phrontistery.50megs.com/allwords.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a dictionary party in my pocket #70613 05/20/02 11:20 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev addict hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia Hiya Joe Walp, and WELCOME to the Board. Unfortunately, I have no answers or responses to your enquiry but couldn't leave you languishing here unwelcomed (all those others must still be sleeping). Hang around, I'm sure you'll like it here... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a dictionary party in my pocket #70614 05/20/02 11:31 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i haven't persued word software for my palm (Vx) but i do have the full NYC subway map-- and XMan, a cross street locator (enter an Manhattan address and get the nearest cross street.) i presume you checked out most of the Palm sites? Years ago (15 almost now) the Franklin had a pretty good dictionary module-- but i don't know if it was good by today's standards or just for the time. PDA's where pretty much novelties then. Psions have some great software, they run the old 8086 software, and there alot of PD software out there for 8086's apps. they are just harder to sync with advanceds mail systems, and don't play well with most firewall software. (and while 2 year ago, the time was calling them the Jaguar of PDA's.. i think they are no-where in US, but our UK friends might feel differently.)i retired mine some years ago in favor of a palm. my other obsession 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 Posts229,413 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 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 998 guests, and 6 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,584 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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