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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 is this site a was to learn new words? #181664 01/12/09 03:13 PM 01/12/09 03:13 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 14 U unciaciapanca OP stranger unciaciapanca   OP stranger U Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 14 I'm writing my Degree thesis and I have decided to focus it on "word of the day/week" Web sites, and this one is one I've chosen. That is why I need some information on how this website works. this is what I need to understand: Who chooses the word of the day(or the theme chosen) every day and with which criterion. Are they related to any particular event? - From where do you take the definitions (which particular dictionary) Do you think it is just for mother toungue or for learners as well? and the most important part: why did YOU choose this web site instead of another one?which is the reason? what do you love about this feature(one word a day)and if you have any purpose...if you can, be detailed. I mean not just say....it's interesting, nice and stuff..... thank you ver much!!!!! Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: unciaciapanca] #181693 01/13/09 05:16 PM 01/13/09 05:16 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,226 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,226 Land of the Flat Water I like this site, because I am relatively new to the computer. I am a retired school teacher (high school) and taught language arts. There are many topics on this site that are begun by some language or word as a topic, and then they "evolve" into something else altogether. I belong to other sites similar to this one, but this one has people on it who are willing to help. I have had several encounters which I thought were difficult, but the members who post have been very willing to help me out. I made a faux pas or two, and have been "corrected" by a private message, rather than out in the public forum, which I appreciate greatly. Unless a member reveals who he/she is, it can be pretty difficult to know the personality, gender, age, occupation, etc., of a particular poster. In addition to the help individual members give, I have found myriad sites to look for things. These links give me hours of great enjoyment learning about things I never knew. Jackie, who is the Seneschal Extraordinaire of the site, has been most helpful to me. Just go to the forum list and you can find the way words are picked and other things you are looking for. And I know you will have more great folks answering this request of your's soon. You may send me a PM and ask anything you like, if you so wish. Luke ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: LukeJavan8] #181718 01/14/09 04:22 AM 01/14/09 04:22 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 M morphememedley member morphememedley   member M Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 I haven't been here as much lately, but I can still opine that the generosity of board members—even some ornery ones—in citing linked or unlinked resources, is one of the board's better qualities. Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: morphememedley] #181720 01/14/09 06:36 AM 01/14/09 06:36 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I am interested by the new words I find, some of which enter my vocabulary as functional tools, others as decorative objects and some are merely glanced at and put down again. However it is the discussions that draw me back. I like this forum as a place to talk about and play with words among people who share that interest with me. Not many in my physical world have that love of words; most think I'm eccentric in that direction at best and sesquipedalian at worst. Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: ] #201149 07/13/11 03:48 PM 07/13/11 03:48 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,226 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,226 Land of the Flat Water Notified, spam, again. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: unciaciapanca] #201197 07/16/11 05:22 AM 07/16/11 05:22 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy   Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Hmmm wonder what that was....spam, I'm guessing...still it bought this tread to light again! I wonder what happened to unciaciapanca's research? Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: Candy] #201199 07/16/11 08:58 AM 07/16/11 08:58 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Shall I write my thesis on that one? Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: LukeJavan8] #201208 07/16/11 04:08 PM 07/16/11 04:08 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,226 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,226 Land of the Flat Water It was spam. And Bran you have enough to do without writing another thesis. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: LukeJavan8] #201210 07/16/11 05:24 PM 07/16/11 05:24 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague I think I was joking Re: is this site a was to learn new words? [Re: BranShea] #201216 07/18/11 10:28 AM 07/18/11 10:28 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: BranShea I think I was joking On the intertubes, it's hard to tell sometimes. Page 1 of 2 1 2 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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