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- From: aeschwar@ncsu.edu (Adam E. Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Webster
- Message-ID: <aeschwar.722457732@news.ncsu.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 18:42:12 GMT
- References: <1992Nov22.053151.4017@news.media.mit.edu>
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- mike@media-lab.mit.edu (Michael Hawley) writes:
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- >Have you done fun and interesting things with Webster or Shakespeare?
- >I'd like very much to hear about it: I'm collecting anecdotes on
- >use of the dictionary.
- >Michael Hawley
- >mike@media-lab.mit.edu
-
- Well, besides regular use (instant definitions when writing papers,
- using the TIFFs, etc), I've done a couple neat things with the "Search
- by other word" option to search the entire text of Webster:
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- search for "mammal" to pull up tons of pics of animals
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- search for "vulgar" to pull up all words "usu. considered vulgar"
- (shit, crap, etc.)--imagine how much fun 5th graders could
- have...
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