Reading the Dictionary
Neo-Anarchists
04-02-2005, 10:37
Have you ever read the dictionary?
I have. It was boring.
I suppose it increased my vocabulary some, but it probably really wasn't worth it.
Legless Pirates
04-02-2005, 10:38
I sometimes started reading random words....
Adrian Barbeau-Bot
04-02-2005, 10:39
i started too. i got to the g's and couldnt remember a damn thing before it. so i stopped.
I have, the large OED (3000pgs) and it's thesaurus equivalent (3500 pages).
Adrian Barbeau-Bot
04-02-2005, 10:42
which options do i take?
there should be a "i have horrible short term memory.. i think, i cant remember.. what was i talking about again?"
The Infinite Dunes
04-02-2005, 10:42
Bah, I only ever open the dictionary if I don't know what a word means... trouble is ocassionally I don't know what the word that was used to describe the word I looked up means. So far the most words I've had to look up to find the meaning of one word is 4... I think...
Lacadaemon II
04-02-2005, 10:42
Have you ever read the dictionary?
I have. It was boring.
I suppose it increased my vocabulary some, but it probably really wasn't worth it.
Like from cover to cover?
Neo-Anarchists
04-02-2005, 10:45
Like from cover to cover?
Yes.
Bitchkitten
04-02-2005, 10:45
Gads, I'm such a nerd.
When I was a kid my mother would never tell me what a word meant. She always made me look it up. I'd take forever, because I'd find it so fascinating. I'd start to look up a word and two hours later I'd still be looking at the dictionary.
Kipperstahn
04-02-2005, 10:49
Let me save you the trouble - Zymome did it ;)
Lacadaemon II
04-02-2005, 10:50
Yes.
How did you keep the narrative thread? Was it hard.
Neo-Anarchists
04-02-2005, 10:54
How did you keep the narrative thread? Was it hard.
No, the storyline is quite linear. A's to B's to C's, you might say.
Only the rude words.
What?! Don't tell me you haven't.