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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: jocelyn on January 19, 2007, 03:15:34 pm
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... the idea of getting an OED makes you swoon...
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......?
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At least you know you are not a nerd when you dont understand what some nerd is talking about.....
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http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-English-Dictionary-Second-Set/dp/0198611862/sr=1-1/qid=1169238309/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0260652-2411962?ie=UTF8&s=books (http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-English-Dictionary-Second-Set/dp/0198611862/sr=1-1/qid=1169238309/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0260652-2411962?ie=UTF8&s=books)
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At least you know you are not a nerd when you dont understand what some nerd is talking about.....
amen to that.
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amen to that.
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Did anyone click that link?! That sucker costs $662.30! :holyshit:
At that price I\'ll happily remain an ignoramus, thank you.
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I want one so badly it almost hurts.
I just got a new nice new leatherbound dictionary too... a boring old Merriam Webster with e mere 225,000 definitions. The OED has over 400,000.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9216885565425260383&hl=en (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9216885565425260383&hl=en)
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maybe you\'ll get one in 39 days...
not from me though, way out of my price bracket. :shrug:
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That video never gets old...
Paul- doubt it.
Me: "Mom, Dad... all I want for my birthday is the new edition of the OED."
My mom: "Joc, isn\'t there anything less dweeby you want? Like, maybe, a hair dryer, or an iron, seeing as you own neither? Let me get you some nice new makeup. Wouldn\'t looking like Barbie be fun!?"
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as soon as I started reading that I was going to post \'how about a new barbi!\' :rotfl
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not for nothin, but id take it to the grave..not the dictionary,but announcing you want one that bad
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ha well apparently I have no shame.
I got over people teasing me because I\'m a nerd in about 10th grade.
And if I were you... I\'d take to the grave the fact that you\'re a cum guzzling goat fucker.
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cum guzzling goat fucker (v) : a.Docellis70 b. Jon Aruny c.one who guzzles semen while performing anal intercourse on a goat
Joce, less time on the pheesh board please
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And if I were you... I\'d take to the grave the fact that you\'re a cum guzzling goat fucker.
:wah::wah::wah::wah:
rotflrotflrotfl
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Cum guzzling goat fucker is a noun.
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Can a thread be highjack by the person who starts it? If so, we have a winner.
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Joc has been winning a few accolades as of late!!!
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I don;t know if I even want to ask what said accolades are...
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Joc has been winning a few accolades as of late!!!
gee, that sucks. And you told me you were 24! :shakes fist:
(American Military) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.
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:hscratch: Yikes!!!
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wow.... this thread\'s a little too geeky for even me! I\'m :out: to a show, so I can be cool. cya! ;)
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ha well apparently I have no shame.
I got over people teasing me because I\'m a nerd in about 10th grade.
And if I were you... I\'d take to the grave the fact that you\'re a cum guzzling goat fucker.
wow, i have to admit.... you are one of the last people i thought i would be reading a post like that from. Wah..... yes.....
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I was very tired/very bored.
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A Dictionary ?
Aren\'t there a ton of websites that will save you the $600.00 ?
Nerds would want PS3 or some other techie gadget. Me thinks dictionary would fall under the category DORK
:)
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you\'ve never seen this dictionary. Me and Cori were talking about it yesterday for a while. :drool:
So I guess that makes all 3 of us dorks then? Whatever :P
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What would you do with a $600.00 Dictionary ?
Are you guys in to 1 new word a day type of thing ? or is it just because it is a really nice set or something ?
It is definitely cool to want to improve ones vocab and such
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Picture this:
Beautiful teak stand just for your dictionary (which you can barely hold, thus warranting said stand)
OR whole level on your booksheld just for your 10 volume leatherbound OED
:drool:
oh, the words.
It\'s the sheer amount of information in there that that makes me want one so badly, that and my reverence for the written word.
To never have to use the word "nice" ever again...
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i feel like this thread would be much more exciting for me if it was about a thesaurus...
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There just isn\'t a thesaurus that is the equivalent of the OED.
At least not that I\'m aware of.
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threads like this make me glad I went to EHHS where words, vocabulary, grammar et. al. were not very important
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hello Ant :wave:
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February 1: General Interest
1884 : Oxford Dictionary debuts
On this day in 1884, the first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, is published. Today, the OED is the definitive authority on the meaning, pronunciation and history of over half a million words, past and present
Plans for the dictionary began in 1857 when members of London\'s Philological Society, who believed there were no up-to-date, error-free English dictionaries available, decided to produce one that would cover all vocabulary from the Anglo-Saxon period (1150 A.D.) to the present. Conceived of as a four-volume, 6,400-page work, it was estimated the project would take 10 years to finish. In fact, it took over 40 years until the 125th and final fascicle was published in April 1928 and the full dictionary was complete—-at over 400,000 words and phrases in 10 volumes—-and published under the title A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles.
Unlike most English dictionaries, which only list present-day common meanings, the OED provides a detailed chronological history for every word and phrase, citing quotations from a wide range of sources, including classic literature and cookbooks. The OED is famous for its lengthy cross-references and etymologies. The verb "set" merits the OED\'s longest entry, at approximately 60,000 words and detailing over 430 uses.
No sooner was the OED finished than editors began updating it. A supplement, containing new entries and revisions, was published in
1933 and the original dictionary was reprinted in 12 volumes and officially renamed the Oxford English Dictionary.
Between 1972 and 1986, an updated 4-volume supplement was published, with new terms from the continually evolving English language plus more words and phrases from North America, Australia, the Caribbean, New Zealand, South Africa and South Asia.
In 1984, Oxford University Press embarked on a five-year, multi-million-dollar project to create an electronic version of the dictionary. The effort required 120 people just to type the pages from the print edition and 50 proofreaders to check their work. In 1992, a CD-ROM version of the dictionary was released, making it much easier to search and retrieve information.
Today, the dictionary\'s second edition is available online to subscribers and is updated quarterly with over 1,000 new entries and revisions. At a whopping 20 volumes weighing over 137 pounds, it would reportedly take one person 120 years to type all 59 million words in the OED.
and that\'s why it\'s such a great book. :drool: