something I always wondered, if you don’t know how to spell or pronounce a word and all you have is the paper version of a dictionary how can you look it up?(back in the 50s our local A&P grocery was selling a few pages of a dictionary every week. the whole thing was over a foot thick with 1600 pages of small type)my mother-a former school teacher-always told me to ‘look it up’ whenever I asked her how to spell
Asharah 10 months ago
There is no such thing!
Grumpy Old Guy 10 months ago
That’s how it starts until the Alphabet agencies take over….
Jason Allen 10 months ago
Is that like peppermint or spearmint, or is it more herbaceous like catnip, basil, or sage?
John Wiley Premium Member 10 months ago
This brought back a great memory. My grandmother had an Oxford English Dictionary that was used that way.
jagedlo 10 months ago
I don’t think that’s the way to boost your vocabulary, Ruthie!
strandedonearth Premium Member 10 months ago
Pern-amint, hmmm… I think that’s the flavor of gum preferred by Dragonriders….
kappy.mrnustik Premium Member 10 months ago
Oh, Ruthie, what now?
timbob2313 Premium Member 10 months ago
something I always wondered, if you don’t know how to spell or pronounce a word and all you have is the paper version of a dictionary how can you look it up?(back in the 50s our local A&P grocery was selling a few pages of a dictionary every week. the whole thing was over a foot thick with 1600 pages of small type)my mother-a former school teacher-always told me to ‘look it up’ whenever I asked her how to spell