[New-Poetry] Dictionaires????

[Halvard Johnson]

Also, here's what onelook offers up when one searchs for
"slang" in titles and descriptions:

http://www.onelook.com/?v=&loc=dkwsrch&d=all_&sort=&langdf=slang

Hal

McCain / Palin -- Just say thanks but no thanks.
They're a bridge to nowhere.

Halvard Johnson
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On Sep 23, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Skip Fox wrote:

> This is good, but I don’t see The Random House Dictionary of  
> American Slang, Webster’s International Unabridged, Taber’s  
> Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, or The Completre Dictionary of  
> Sexology as well as some of the “wicked words” dictionaries or  
> etymological ones.
>
> But, you’re right, this is LOVELY!! (And since I have can get OED on- 
> line through the univ. . . . hell, with a colostomy bag and this  
> I’ll may never have to leave home again, as they say.) Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu 
> ] On Behalf Of Halvard Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:47 AM
> To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Dictionaires????
>
> Throw 'em all away, Skip. Here's all you need
> (except for the OED, of course).
>
> http://www.onelook.com/
>
> Hal
>
> McCain / Palin -- Just say thanks but no thanks.
> They're a bridge to nowhere.
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
> halvard at earthlink.net
> halvard at gmail.com
> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/index.html
> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
>
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Skip Fox wrote:
>
>
> I’m wondering what your desks (or chairs) have next to the computer  
> (or book or pad or . . .) by way of dictionary?
>
> I have The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
>
> Of course I have dozens of others in including an unabridged, The  
> OED, and two vols. of The Random House Dictionary of American Slang  
> as well as medical, sexual, and foreign dictionaries, but The  
> American Heritage, is always within reach.
>
> Question 2 (and this would be of great benefit): What are the best  
> dictionaries on the web, either free or otherwise?
>
> (Maybe this was a question years ago, but I cannot remember.)
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