11, 2000 10:28 PM
To: 'Bob Hayden'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: a fortiori
Hello Bob and All --
I think SOME long phrases are discussed in The Browser's Dictionary, by
John Ciardi. I don't know if it is still in print, but it is authoritative
and fascinating. (Perhaps
- Forwarded message from Olsen, Chris -
Hello Bob and All --
I think SOME long phrases are discussed in The Browser's Dictionary, by
John Ciardi. I don't know if it is still in print, but it is authoritative
and fascinating. (Perhaps not a lot of statistical terms and phrases,
though
Hello Bob and All --
I think SOME long phrases are discussed in The Browser's Dictionary, by
John Ciardi. I don't know if it is still in print, but it is authoritative
and fascinating. (Perhaps not a lot of statistical terms and phrases,
though...)
-- Chris
Chris Olsen
George Washington H
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My American Heritage Talking Dictionary on CD not only looked up said
latinism, but spoke it as well. Its corrected a number of pronunciations
for me. Most recently schism.In some cases it displays a picture or
map.
I couldn't
In a message dated 8/6/2000 11:58:04 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > Also, as another chance to display my ignorance, I couldn't find "a
> fortiori" in my dictionary.
Try RHD, between "aforetime" and "afoul", not between "a" and "AA".
It will surely be in OED as w
As a former farm boy (who had the job of carrying the chicken to the wood
pile and making the hole among the wood pieces used to control the
aftermath) I think no apology to city folk is necessary. If they under
stood the reference (better yet from personal experience), they would be
more properl
Bob Hayden asks:
Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases?
For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off".
--
One reference for idiomatic expressions is Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase
and Fable, first published in 1870 and still in print. Unfortunately it
doesn'
- Forwarded message from Rich Ulrich -
> Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases?
> For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off". Very short
> phrases are sometimes in dictionaries under the main word ("battle
> fatigue" might be under either word) but
On 6 Aug 2000 10:26:02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hayden)
wrote:
< snip, re: a fortiori >
> Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases?
> For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off". Very short
> phrases are sometimes in diction
