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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1000 on: November 10, 2021, 08:16:39 AM »
For me, the most valuable thing about the dictionary is that it is full of words that I don't know.  I don't really need one that only has words that I already know.  There would be no point, unless I was just using it as a low-tech spellchecker.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1001 on: November 10, 2021, 10:15:36 AM »
You could also use it to win arguments with people who think they know what a word means but are wrong.
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« Reply #1002 on: November 10, 2021, 10:49:30 AM »
I've never done that.  :whistling:


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« Reply #1003 on: November 10, 2021, 11:12:24 AM »
You could also use it to win arguments with people who think they know what a word means but are wrong.
Or at least move the argument to a new level, when you debate the meaning of the meaning (or have dueling dictionaries). ;)
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« Reply #1004 on: November 10, 2021, 11:15:06 AM »
Yes, indeed. I forgot that option.  :D


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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1005 on: November 10, 2021, 03:36:26 PM »
I suppose I could use it to win at Scrabble.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1006 on: December 07, 2021, 03:28:45 PM »
It might be nice to have one that only had words I already knew. Because I seem to forget the words I already know constantly, and I could find them faster if they weren't cluttered up with a bunch of words I've never known.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1007 on: December 07, 2021, 04:50:44 PM »
 :D

(To be clear: I'm laughing because that is so true. For me too, that is.)
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1008 on: September 20, 2022, 11:50:17 AM »
I'm doing a survey about a car game involving Volkswagen Beetles. Please take this short survey (and feel free to share it with others), and I'll blog about the results in a week or so.
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« Reply #1009 on: September 20, 2022, 12:38:37 PM »
I voted. But maybe I shouldn't have. I have mostly heard about it in books and online, and while I selected one option (the one I think I have heard the most), pretty sure I have heard it called all those things.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1010 on: October 12, 2022, 11:40:53 AM »
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1012 on: June 18, 2024, 11:47:32 AM »
Been having some fractious discussions at work? ;)
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1013 on: June 18, 2024, 12:18:11 PM »
This actually happened at my last job (so at least four years ago now, since it was in the pre-pandemic days). I started drafting this a few years ago, but I abandoned it because I didn't want to get in trouble if my boss saw it. But I haven't worked at that job in almost two and a half years now, so I finally pulled it out of my drafts, finished it up, and posted it.

But yeah, we had one especially fractious discussion that inspired this post (though many other discussions were at least a little frustrating or contentious). Many of the lines are direct or near-direct quotes. And I'm probably safe pointing out here that the coworker in question was literally named Karen.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1014 on: June 18, 2024, 03:47:19 PM »
Ha, I had the same questions as rivka.  :D


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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1015 on: June 18, 2024, 03:57:34 PM »
This actually happened at my last job
Ah, that makes sense.

Many of the lines are direct or near-direct quotes.
I had a feeling. ;)

And I'm probably safe pointing out here that the coworker in question was literally named Karen.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1016 on: September 23, 2024, 12:27:38 PM »
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1017 on: September 23, 2024, 01:02:50 PM »
Jeepers.  But I really like semicolons.
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Re: New column-type thingy
« Reply #1018 on: September 23, 2024, 05:07:50 PM »
Even in fictional dialogue?
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