![]() Other people played Yahtzee-not that there’s anything wrong with that-but Dictionary players were a breed apart. Points to the writer of a fake definition, if selected points to the one who selected the word, if the correct definition is overlooked. And you may have played the game Dictionary-someone selected a word from the dictionary and supplied the right definition while everyone else made up definitions, and then the person whose turn it was had to figure out which definition was correct. Maybe you suspected your neighbors mispronounced certain words or used them incorrectly. ![]() Owning a dictionary implied some things: an ambition to speak and write correctly that you thought about language. Dictionaries were useful objects, but when people weren’t sitting on them or looking things up in them, they were also household ornaments that signified eloquently the social status of their owners. Heaven help the family with too many children and too few dictionaries. ![]() At Thanksgiving, children unable to reach their turkey sat atop the big Webster’s or Random House. Earlier in the year, flowers had dried within their pages. It is very easy to use if the user knows the alphabet and how to alphabetize items.But, as anyone who grew up in twentieth-century America knows, many a dictionary stopped a door or flattened autumn leaves between waxed paper. Relation to other works: This dictionary is arranged like most other dictionaries and contains many of the same words, but Merriam-Webster is the leading authority.Īccessibility/Diversity: It contains words used in the English language today. Each word has a part or parts of speech and a definition(s) following. broken into syllables and followed by a pronunciation key. They have been publishing dictionaries since 1831.Īrrangement/Presentation: Words are arranged in alphabetical order. It can be used for defining words, pronunciation, and part of speech.Īccuracy/Authority: Merriam-Webster is the leader in defining words. It contains over 2,000 new words and is based on the Merrriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. It would be applicable to any students taking courses.įor more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information.Īll Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world.Ĭontent/Scope: A dictionary targeted at high school age students and up. Relation: This would be great for middle and high school students who are doing research, writing papers, or applying for scholarships. There are also tables and charts in a another section.Īccessibility/Diversity: It is a quick reference guide to find the meaning of words and/or pronunciations. Anything that has been published by Webster is an accurate resource.Īrrangement/Presentation: The Dictionary is paperback and contains over 75,000 definitions. ![]() This paperback dictionary isĪccuracy/Authority/Bias: Webster is an authoritative name when it comes to definitions. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster Inc.Ĭontent/Scope: Every reference section needs an updated copy of a dictionary. Bet you think you’re real funny! You’ll be laughing in prison just as soon as I bash all the other rats I gotta juggle right now. Now they’re calling me a parody just cause some punk decides to go telling tales. The feedback has been terrific, I mean just tremendous, number one Goodreads page in the world. Chucked it right through the friggin’ window when I found out! I got too much going on right now to mess around with some prankster who’s runnin’ around calling my Goodreads fake news, I got that turncoat Paulie Manafort out there spilling his rotten guts, I mean you ever seen a picture of that mutant, he looks like he’s got no upper lip! I’m up to my ears in traitors! I tell ya it’s just too much, I’m only here because my LOYAL fans love hearing what I got to say about all this great literature I’ve been reading. LOOK IT UP! I never heard that word parody before in my whole life till it popped up here, so I got hold of this book just to see what it meant. Listen up whichever one of you lowlife bastards told those Bernie-loving clowns at Goodreads that YOUR TIRELESS LEADER is a parody, cause I’m not kiddin’ around here, I mean do you have any idea who the fuck I am? I’m President of this whole lousy country whether you like it or not.
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