Dictionary
@allknowing (153544)
India
September 13, 2021 8:54am CST
There was a time we treated the dictionary with such respect that it had the pride of place in our library We had the Oxford English dictionary as also German into English dictionary as I was learning German those days
With online dictionaries now all these offline dictionaries have lost their value
Do you still refer to dictionaries that you may have in your library?
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
13 Sep 21
Dictionaries still hold that respect in my heart, i have an Oxford Dictionary which has been passed down to me after decades of being used by my father and grandfather
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
Wow!! That is really nice But do you refer to it?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
@ThatDisha Well done. You are truly making good use of the dictionary Soon you will be better than native speakers I can assure you
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
14 Sep 21
@allknowing now I can make out the meaning of most of the words so, i use it less but still it is in use.. whenever i learn a word i try to learn 3 more similar words for it to increase my word stock in such case dictionary comes really handy
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
13 Sep 21
Got plenty if books but no dictionary lol.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
You seem to be belonging to the younger generation. (lol)
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
13 Sep 21
I do not have any physical copies but dictionaries is what I used to study each day. And the Oxford of course.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
@RebeccasFarm Sorry to know this. Should not have asked.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
14 Sep 21
@allknowing Well moving so much around everywhere I could not afford to keep things, so I have nothing now. And also my whole family lost our house and everything in it due to bad person.
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@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
13 Sep 21
A couple of years ago we had some foreign students lodging with us. One evening I was trying to explain that the netting around my flowers was to protect them from the deer that visit the garden - when they didn't understand me I went to fetch my Spanish dictionary. They were stunned - not by the deer but by the fact that I was using an actual paper-based dictionary!!
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
Today's youngsters were not born with a hard copy of the dictionary in their mouth unlike us. That is a cute story Fleur.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
@DianneN I do not know when it was the last time I used a physical dictionary But don' t you take online help?
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
14 Sep 21
@allknowing I have shelves not far from my computer with them staring me in the face.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
They are a treasure indeed but do you still look it up?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
18 Sep 21
I do the same. Even if I just use my desk top online is where I refer to.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Sep 21
Quite surprised that your kids own some although today's generation normally refer to online dictionaries.
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
13 Sep 21
6 different dictionaries 6 different definitions of the same word!
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@CuriousGab (3290)
• India
14 Sep 21
I have two huge Oxford dictionaries used by my brother.
But it is not easy to carry them around..
I have a pocket Oxford dictionary which my teacher suggested to buy and I have it since 4th grade ...we had to daily take it to the school compulsory as he would ask us anytime to look up for words.
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@CuriousGab (3290)
• India
15 Sep 21
@allknowing
I installed an dictionary in my mobile which is way more easier to use...but i try to lessen use of mobile as much as possible so I keep the pocket dictionary within the reach of hand
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