A few days ago
do you believe everything the dictionary says?
or should i say “agree”
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not really, but i’ve been learning and going by the shandy dictionary for quite a while now, mostly.
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A few days ago
They’re supposed to be the experts at interpretation and word-origins, but even experts can get it wrong sometimes.
Do you have an example of something you don’t agree with? I would imagine that the dictionary organisation concerned would be pleased to consider any reasonable request for clarification of a particular word or phrase. After all, most of their information comes from the public domain.
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A few days ago
Given that language is a fluid domain — ever changing and adapting to the society that uses it — what’s not to “agree” with in a dictionary?? Or are you looking for the language “rule book?” Use of language will always be relative to the time period and context in which in it used. Like it or not.
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A few days ago
What’s not to agree with or disbelieve. The dictionary contains definitions. It is the standard reference for the meaning and origins of the words that make up our language.
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A few days ago
No! They don’t express subtleties well enough. Also, sometimes they have wierd things and they don’t have it in the form that you use it. Dictionaries are stupid anyway. They always have errors and everyone just blindly goes along with them. Damn dictionaries.
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A few days ago
Yes.. the dictionary is all knowing, haha.
Who else can you go to in a game of scrabble??
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A few days ago
yeah…until it is not a local dictionary…try using the web dictionary if u have some doubts….
tc
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A few days ago
no. i don’t agree with some dictionaries’ definitions for Chicano/a.
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No, because the meaning of words change with society. Remember when the meaning of gay was happy?
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A few days ago
Pretty much yeah…duh. Why the heck would it lie and/or give false info??? That’s just jacked up.
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