[bksvol-discuss] Re: Is it a scanno or a real word
- From: "Jake" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:51:22 -0600
Shelley,
Wow, talk about a word hunt! I'm not sure about any great resources
online. What you might try doing is Googling the word in question to see if
any pages that are relevant to the context appear.
Also typing the word define followed by a space and the word in question
into Google should produce definitions Google found while indexing the web.
I have no idea how accurate this Google feature is but it is worth a shot
<grin>
HTH,
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Is it a scanno or a real word
> Does anyone know of a truly good high caliber dictionary online. I need
> something that will have older words in it. smile.
>
> A story to go with the request. I am editing that copy of First Lady of
the
> Seeing eye. Anyway in the story they use a "funicular" to get down the
> mountainside to get to Vivey. Being that I am only twenty three, I had no
> idea what a funicular was. So, was it a scanno or a real word. Ender's
my
> mother who is a crossword puzzle person, we aren't your average family
> smile. With her four dictionaries. We try the Random House. Not in
there.
> How about you Marium Webster or as we call him gold old Blue. Not in him
> either. Mom goes and digs out her old faithful trusty crossword puzzle
> dictionary. Not in there either. I run upstairs to get the actual book
and
> find out indeed it isn't a scanno. And finally in the oldest and largest,
> we call him "Old Faithful Black" dictionary in the house, we find out that
> it is a predecessor to the "cable car" and that it was cranked by hand.
>
> So... I ask are there good dictionary sites to check incase for example I
> run across another word I have know idea if it is spell correctly or not.
>
> And does anyone know what a Mélange is?
>
> The scanner put an accent over the first E. smile. I suspect it is a
> barrage, or mass confusion or something similar, or is this really a
scanno.
>
> Isn't editing books fun.
>
>
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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