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| Thread ID: 56507 | 2005-04-07 03:23:00 | On-line Dictionary | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 342418 | 2005-04-07 12:12:00 | Meh....People with an ego so weak they feel the need to make a post for no reason then to mock someone over a misspelled word need a kick in the goolies. | Metla (12) | ||
| 342419 | 2005-04-07 12:13:00 | Winston - I did a CNET Downloads search. There are a number to choose - here are two of them. The first one was the one I put on my wife's laptop. WordWeb 3.03 This thesaurus/dictionary can be used to look up words from almost any program. In addition to displaying sense definitions and synonyms, WordWeb can find sets of related words. The database has over 140,000 root words and 115,000 synonym sets, many proper nouns, pronunciations and usage tags. Version 3.03 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes. Merriam Webster's Concise Dictionary 2.07 This download puts easy access to Merriam-Webster right on your computer. Simply move your cursor over a word and the software searches the content and returns the dictionary article instantly in a pop-up box. Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary contains more than 40,000 entries, clear and concise definitions, written pronunciations, and variant spellings. The iFinger engine under the hood works both online and offline, checking spelling automatically, or allowing you to run manual text searches for specific queries... See more freebie programs here on Download.com (www.download.com) As always, do a spyware check after installation. :cool: |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 342420 | 2005-04-07 12:18:00 | Meh....People with an ego so weak they feel the need to make a post for no reason then to mock someone over a misspelled word need a kick in the goolies. As 'always', you are correct, really ;) . And I can' t stop laughing. :D Thanks for the humour. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 342421 | 2005-04-07 12:45:00 | Hi AMD1, It's more for Open Office than Word . I may be missing something in the setup, but I haven't found OO's dictionary and thesaurus, in particular, as useful as Office's . I use quite a few technical terms and words not readily found in dictionaries . Of course building up a custom . dic is the answer but, it doesn't seem to work as well in OO (IBKAC perhaps) . So if there is something I can use that is global, customisable, has a reasonable EN NZ or UK dictionary and a good thesaurus and to which I can import my current Word custom dic, I'd be very pleased . With that in mind, other users opinions are always a good start as to usefullnes and any gotchas . I've downloaded WebWord for a look see . Any more would be appreciated . The word "Global" worries me somewhat . Do you mean that the spell checker will suggest umlauts etc . Not to mention Danish, Swedish and German . Accents over letters can change the meaning . Goes off to find ASCII codes . Possibly you may mean the the checker will be "Global" as you type and will work in any application . On a lighter note:- A new copper in Aucland was sent up Queen St by the Sergeant to patrol the area and was told to be back by 3:00 pm . About 7:00 pm the cop got back to the station and got a bit of a rark up . Apparently the cop managed to find a dead horse in Karangahape Road and it had been run over by a truck . The Sergeant said that it should have not taken so long to investigate the accident and wanted to know what happenend . The copper had wanted to give the truck driver a ticket but he could not spell "Karangahape" so he had to drag the horse back to Queen St . I could imagine this would take time . :-) |
AMD1 (6552) | ||
| 342422 | 2005-04-07 19:29:00 | heh? If you have an issue then state it,otherwise **** peckerhead.That was not necessary. If you can't follow the rules then don't post it. You and AMD1 have been heckling each other now in two different threads, but that was over the line. You are joining AMD1 in a 24 hour ban. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 342423 | 2005-04-07 19:29:00 | So I would think that the word "depentant" has a meaning in the dictionary you use. Care to enlighten us as to what the meaning is?Taking personal digs at people for their spelling is un-necessary. You and Metla have been trading digs at each other in this thread and others now, and it has gotten too much. You have been banned for 24 hours. Take this time to consider the "keep it friendly or don't post it rules. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 342424 | 2005-04-07 20:21:00 | www.dictionary.com - dictionary and thesaurus, and is quite savvy at interprating mis-spelled words | Greg (193) | ||
| 342425 | 2005-04-07 22:53:00 | Hi Win*. Now look at what you have done. Gone and got poor old Metla banned again. If you had used your old dictionary none of this would have happened. :cool: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 342426 | 2005-04-07 23:13:00 | Come back Metal - all is forgiven. :eek: And AMD1 seems to have suffered a ritual ban as well - for irony. I have reinstalled Wordweb but notice it is Version 2.2 so I'll update it. My wife reminds me that we have a 2 Volume Shorter Oxford at home so why do I need online? She just doesn't get it. :nerd: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 342427 | 2005-04-08 21:15:00 | Come back Metal - all is forgiven. :eek: And AMD1 seems to have suffered a ritual ban as well - for irony. I have reinstalled Wordweb but notice it is Version 2.2 so I'll update it. My wife reminds me that we have a 2 Volume Shorter Oxford at home so why do I need online? She just doesn't get it. :nerd: Wives don't like us to enjoy ourselves,it's the same with me and the Encyclopedia Britannica,laying there unused for years :D Why you didn't use Scouse link is beyond me.The beauty of word web is that when the word get a bit tricky you can be directed to the web and an endless supply of dictionaries.Can't be beaten in my opinion. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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