#3748 - 06/28/00 03:10 PM
Word Derivations
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stranger
Registered: 06/28/00
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Does anyone know of a good book of word derivations?
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#3749 - 06/29/00 05:04 AM
Re: Word Derivations
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addict
Registered: 06/27/00
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Loc: Sydney Australia
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Not personally - I tend to look in my dictionary which is a Shorter Oxford, but if you go to Amazon.com and type 'etymology' in the search engine a fair mass of books come up. You can always take the list to a decent bookstore if you want to see the real thing, which is how I use Amazon anyway.
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#3751 - 06/30/00 05:49 AM
Re: Word Derivations
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Carpal Tunnel
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My favourite is Eric Partridge's "Origins" -- or it was until my father borrowed it.
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#3752 - 07/12/00 12:30 AM
Re: Word Derivations
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stranger
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I too have "Origins" by Partridge, and use it frequently, but good as it may be I would caution against depending entirely on a single source. Each etymologist will have been influenced by his own experience. A variety of references will help in building a more nuanced understanding of the language. Depending on a single source makes you akin to the university science student who has been careful to avoid any courses in the arts or humanities.
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#3754 - 07/13/00 05:27 PM
Dictionaries
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old hand
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In the same line, what would you consider the best dictionary out there?
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#3755 - 07/14/00 03:34 AM
Re: Dictionaries
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addict
Registered: 05/18/00
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> In the same line, what would you consider the best dictionary out there?
I've been using the OED since I was knee-high and I can't recommend it too highly. Plenty of other good ones too but that's the one I turn to in times of forgetfulness or ignorance. Makes a good read in its own right, too.
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#3756 - 07/14/00 10:37 AM
Re: Dictionaries
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old hand
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I'm guessing OED stands for Oxford English Dictionary?
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#3757 - 07/17/00 01:07 AM
Re: Dictionaries
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Carpal Tunnel
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Knee-high? Shouldn't that be volume-high?
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#3759 - 07/17/00 10:50 AM
grasshoppers
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enthusiast
Registered: 07/12/00
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that's the one i know too, jackie.
i wonder why that particular choice of insects?
probably nothing to do with opera or baseball at all.
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#3760 - 07/17/00 06:48 PM
Re: Dictionaries
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
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>knee high
I think it was a pun!!!
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#3762 - 07/20/00 07:49 AM
Re: knees
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Registered: 03/17/00
Posts: 460
Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Speaking of 'knees'-
there's a CD by Marty Grosz (sp?) with the wonderful title "Songs I learned on my mother's knee, and other low joints".
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#3764 - 07/24/00 11:20 AM
Re: knees
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/09/00
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Loc: Jakarta
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Just what I needed to make me a member.
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#3765 - 07/25/00 08:04 AM
Re: Dictionaries
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Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: Marion NC
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> wonder why that particular choice of insects?
Grasshoppers have knees that are more apparent than most other insects.
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