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    For a while there Jimmy I understood every post you made. I guess it's back to Google translate for me now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    For a while there Jimmy I understood every post you made. I guess it's back to Google translate for me now.

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    Your doing better than I am James, sometimes after I read them, I don't understand my own posts either
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    You're doing better than I am James
    Indeed; the spellcheck has led you astray as Obie warned
    Lettuce knot neglect the dictionaries!
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    ya got me Lee
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    You know, I love dictionaries. Once when I was a young lad I read one (concise Oxford, I think it was) cover to cover like a book. Kind of similar to how most of us count to 100 or 1000 when we are young - just to see if we can. My problems with dictionaries are two-fold: 1. that they do go out of date eventually, and 2. most reasonably-priced ones do not contain the words that incredibly intelligent people (and I include myself in this category) like to use. By contrast, all I need to do is download the "Windows lots-O-big-words" upgrade to the spell checker, which is a perfect complement to my erudition and perspicacity.

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    I used to love them too. Now I copy and paste the word in a new tab within the google menu. The definition/spelling comes right up. If I could afford it I'd subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary online . No better in the world but a lot of $ per year.
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    Gentlemen, for years I have kept up a running read of the dictionary, so to speak: I read one page a day, from A to Z, and when done, I start all over again. I've done this for years. Also, I have made it a practice of reading The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, several times a year. This is probably one of the best little grammar books ever produced. The latest is the Fourth Edition. As the great Snoopy wrote on his typewriter perched atop his doghouse, "It was a cold and rainy day . . ."
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    The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White was recommended to me many years ago. I bought it and tried but never could understand it. For a lover of words "Hog On Ice And Other Curious Expressions" and "Heavens To Betsy & Other Curious Sayings" are very enjoyable .... once in a blue moon.
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    Perhaps unsurprisingly, I like the Superior Person's Book of Words series too. Very enjoyable reads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    My problems with dictionaries are three-fold: 1.... 2.....
    3. the words are in alphabetical order, and no connoisseur of stochasticity can bear such a tiny amount of entropy!
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