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For those who don't run to multi-volume dictionaries. Here is a thread where people can post the URLs of on-line dictionaries. Then we can all find them when we want them.
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Wonderful - just what I needed!
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okay, maverick, here it is back on top...
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Thanks, tsuwm, I love it! Contrary to the mav's assertion, there is at least one "old hand" who still doesn't know what she's doing. But I am very much further along than I was when this originally was posted: now I know enough to know that I could probably figure out how to use them, whereas earlier I was too intimidated to even try one.
I think I'm going to have to create a reference folder in my favorites section. I already have one just from the
various ref.'s relating somehow to this Board that the
column runs
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Thanks, tsuwm, I love it! Contrary to the mav's assertion, there is at least one "old hand" who still doesn't know what she's doing. But I am very much further along than I was when this originally was posted: now I know enough to know that I could probably figure out how to use them, whereas earlier I was too intimidated to even try one.
I think I'm going to have to create a reference folder in my favorites section. I already have one just from the
various ref.'s relating somehow to this Board, and the
column runs off the bottom of my screen! My most recent addition is one for Rupert Brooke, with whom I am now in love.
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Perfect, Tsuwm!
Thanks for this.
PS I chose 'Maverick' largely because of my spilling habits, so now at least I can look up Orient, Orienting, Orientation when away from my study (providing I can navigate the web)!
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PS I chose 'Maverick' largely because of my spilling habits
Spilling could be dangerous if all you're wearing is a
g-string, mav! (ref. my response to you not being a vestal
virgin.) This was a good one, though! I'll have to allow you a point for this one. (And if you didn't do it
on purpose, for heaven's sake keep quiet about it!)
My sympathies on learning to navigate the web--I'm---er,
no, I'm not going to say that!!!--a beginner there myself,
though learning. Trial and error, just keep on--it'll come.
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The other one that Jackie mentioned and I now use as my alternative spell-checker is GuruNet http://www.gurunet.com. It can be installed on your computer so that you just right click on any word on a webpage (or bulletin board) whilst you are on line and it will search for a definition for you. There is also an option to search the web using a variety of search engines including the wonderful "google", mentioned above without having to open up another web browser page or losing your setting in AWAD.
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Jo, thanks for this. It's exactly the kind of steer that's so useful to newcomers. What a great resource. A few more like this and I'll be an (Anglican) adherent to the tsuwm creed of the great god LIU 
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>These are not actually dictionaries, but should be of interest to AWADers...Wow, Bingley that was a really good steer. It's taken me 'til the weekend to get time to check it out, but I loved where the Quinion.com site took me. In case others haven't yet LIU  I strongly recommend the trial. I got led to these other sites which might interest AWADers too: http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/Information.htmlDE PROVERBIO "Founded in January 1995 as the world's first refereed electronic journal of international proverb studies, De Proverbio soon became a book publisher also, devoted to paremiology (study of proverbs) and paremiography (collection of proverbs)." (their intro) http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.htmlVoice of the Shuttle A superb general gateway to the humanities (I'm probably teaching most regulars how to suck eggs, but if one person finds a useful link...) http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.htmlWriters’ Resources page lists hundreds of links, and if there is not at least one here for every AWADer... well, try the home page, then! On a less specific note, I still find http://www.britannica.com/has a good general searching and linking ability. This is such a useful self-help group: praise be the LIU
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In reply to:
>These are not actually dictionaries, but should be of interest to AWADers...
Wow, Bingley that was a really good steer.
Are you implying the sites are a load of bull? If so, we shall have to milk the web for other sites to cow you with, starting with:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/ndd/genpub/GLOSSARY_OF_DAIRY_TERMS.html
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Are you implying the sites are a load of bull? If so, we shall have to milk the web for other sites to cow you with, starting with:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/ndd/genpub/GLOSSARY_OF_DAIRY_TERMS.html How cheesy!
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other sites to cow you with...Oh, surely some miss steak? I was a dairy farmer once, but having checked this site I remember why I gave it up
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Oh, surely some miss steak? Well, if I gave it up, I'd miss it. Maybe paulb does. Heifer I eat it, I like it. It is udderly delicious. (ow, ow, ow--I've got to learn to duck faster!) 
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You-all, this may have been posted before, but this site gives access to dictionaries, incl. some foreign, encyclopedias, and news, and...and...and... http://www.refdesk.com/
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< Maybe paulb does>
Not at all, Jackie. I'm more than satisfied with a plateful of baked vegies, and a salad, and cheese, and nuts -- and, of course, the odd Anzac biscuit!
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-- and, of course, the odd Anzac biscuit!What's so odd about the delectable Anzac biscuit?
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... but still dead useful for newbies, so thanks Jackie
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I've just run down this site - probably some of you-all hang out here already, but if not you may want to check it out: http://www.wilton.net/etyma1.htmNot a dictionary again, as such, but a great new starting (or yarting) place.
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Cool etymology site, maverick, thankee kindly. I note there's an etymology for "hello" (not half as colorful as Jazz's, though). Their board's a little weak, I thought.
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a little weakYep, it's not quite daily standard But I suspect it's about to get busier...?
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I stumbled upon an interesting reference site today ( http://www.bibliomania.com ) and did an AWADtalk search to see if it'd been mentioned before, and found this thread. I thought i'd resurrect it (and it appears i'm not the first to do so) so that the other newcomers might benefit from it. I'll also add a translation site that i use all the time: http://www.systranlinks.com/systran/cgi
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I'm glad this thread resurfaced, and I've got one to add I haven't found here.
Zhongwen.com - Chinese Characters and Culture
http://zhongwen.com/
You don't even need language plug-ins for your browser! It's all graphics for the chinese characters, with very extensive links. English to Chinese dictionary. Pinyin imput to see characters, with back to english translations. Grammar and other useful things. I came across it when I needed help verifying some characters I came across with poor translation. Didn't want to look a fool using chinese in art, and have it say something stupid.
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'Bout time this thread came back top of the heap, I reckon. This is a truly wonderful facility, if you are not already aware of it: "Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,500 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources."Browse all subjects (A-Z!): http://www.lii.org/search/file/subjectsMy interest was triggered by an original language search: http://www.lii.org/search/file/languagesHere’s one from their searches for you, Helen and wow: http://www.lincolnu.edu/~focal/
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Maverick>>
Resurrecting these useful threads for those who do not know they exist, that is charity at its best. Acts of kindness like this, is very much appreciated. Thank you so much for taking the time to help us newcomers find our way.
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Another couple of months... so, back on view in case useful to new members.
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Somebody once posted a link to the Atomica which you use with an ALT+click-on-word. Found it useful and have the free download going. http://www.Atomica.com
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Perhaps MaxQ could add the links Jo and all have provided to the web pages of FAQs?
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Perhaps MaxQ could add the links Jo and all have provided to the web pages of FAQs?
Done. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/maxq/References.htmlAdded WordReference.com and The Devil's Dictionary
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You know who you are--a big thank you to all of you--for making life just a little bit more easier for everyone on the board! You are greatly appreciated.
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I don't think this has been mentioned...it is an immediate on screen (strip across top only) word definition information.Address used to sign on is <Wordreference.com>, really helpful while using AWAD. Not a dictionary...just good for checking the definition of word that is already on the screen.
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I don't think this one has been mentioned...it is an immediate on screen (strip across top only) word definition information.Address used to sign on is <Wordreference.com>, really helpful while using AWAD. Not a dictionary...just good for checking the definition of word that is already on the screen.
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And, for those days when nothing seems to have the definition you need: http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/Courtesy Ambrose Bierce
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Thanks, O swarthy goddess of victory. I left Ambrose off my page by oversight, not design. 
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Thanks for link to Devil's Dictionary ... saves me having to run upstairs for my copy ... it in the bedside bookshelf ... nothing like a good laugh to send you off to pleasant dreams!
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I left Ambrose off my page by oversight, not design
... I never doubted you!
PS - regarding Berenice's Hair in Mr Bierce's dictionary, I wonder if F. Scott Fitzgerald was having even more fun with his story about bobbing hair than I thought he was. Any comments?
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I periodically check to see who's linking to my site (you just never know), and I discovered this, which has links to almost everything (except, for some inexplicable reason, AWAD): http://wordnerd.homestead.com/index.html"WordNerd was created as a home page for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram copy desks...
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Thank you, tsuwm, delighted to find that link.
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