Back to B.C. by Johnny Hart for August 30, 2024

Plot has a lot of obscure terms…….

It’s an interesting read, but it doesn’t have much of a plot.

A bit wordy?

My mother bought me a dictionary for my birthday. I couldn’t find the words to thank her. Next birthday she bought me a thesaurus. I was glad, happy, joyful, delighted.

Love Clumsy :-D Much better than reading “Bild-Zeitung”

Reading the dictionary? The plot is a bit thin, but it is a good read nonetheless.

Malcolm X read a dictionary.

But the ending is fascinating. zzzzzzz

I’d like to have a word with Wiley

Give him a copy of The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

I read the dictionary (World Book Encyclopedia version, both volumes) when I was 9. My father read his family’s dictionary at roughly the same age. We both enjoyed it, and we both went on to gleefully baffling people with our erudite BS.

Hey, everyone needs hobby.

In 5th grade (1969), when we ordered books from “book clubs” (anyone remember Arrow or Scholastic?), I ordered a dictionary. I no longer have that one, but I still keep a current one on my bookcase, even though admittedly I look up more words on the internet these days (and enjoy reading my daily Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day email). But I’m happy to know I still have the physical volume on my shelf. And I’m in good company. To wit:

Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda), on an episode of M*A*S*H, responding to an interviewer’s question about creature comforts he brought with him to Korea: “The dictionary. I figure it’s got all the other books in it. I like to read the dictionary.”

So there, BC!