Tag Archives: Dictionaries
DotW: Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary
The Dictionary of the Week is a new acquisition. Yesterday I was killing time (and seeking heat) in Harvard Square, so I ducked into a used bookstore. Then I realized that they specialize in scholarly used books, so I was … Continue reading
DotW: LEO Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch
One of my favorite online dictionaries, Leo, is this week’s Dictionary of the Week. Actually, it’s kind of last week’s Dictionary of the Week. Hey. I was busy. Yep, the online dictionary gets an unattractive picture of my computer screen. … Continue reading
DotW: Finnish-English
Now for a language I really, really don’t speak: the Dictionary of the Week is a Finnish-English English-Finnish Dictionary from 1967. In 2005, the Christmas Revels had a Scandinavian theme. Since I speak Norwegian, I could understand most of what … Continue reading
DotW: Langenscheidt Japanese
This well-worn Langenscheidt’s Pocket Japanese Dictionary is one of my favorite dictionaries. After more than 10 years on various shelves, it’s recently started hitching rides in my purse again. Hello, adorable yellow Dictionary of the Week! This is different from … Continue reading
DotW: Collins Italian
I was inspired to start writing about dictionaries when I needed my Italian dictionary to check a word in something I was editing. So that little green paperback gets to kick things off as the inaugural Dictionary of the Week. … Continue reading
word of the year
I don’t honestly know anything about the New Oxford American Dictionary or why I should care what they think – they’re not one of *my* 31 dictionaries – but I do like their word of the year, “unfriend.” As in, … Continue reading
dictionary of the week
Last night I needed the Italian-English dictionary off the shelf of language dictionaries on the other side of the living room. Not coincidentally, I also needed to do a little procrastinating, so I decided to find out how many dictionaries … Continue reading
deutschland, here I come
Before leaving for six weeks in the Bering Sea this spring, I blogged kind of a lot about my preparations. I mean, I had to take steel-toed boots and a survival suit and stuff. Preparing for 10 weeks in Germany … Continue reading