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The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and Supplement
Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically
Oxford University Press
Published 1971; reprint 1977
A good deal for $20 - a far cry from the $975 for the 20 volume set.
The conventional English translation appeared in John Heywood's collection of Proverbs in 1546. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable also credits Erasmus, and relates it to other Latin proverbs, Planta quae saepius transfertus non coalescit, or Saepius plantata arbor fructum profert exiguum, which mean that a frequently replanted plant or tree (respectively) yields little fruit. It appears that the original intent of the proverb saw the growth of moss as desirable, and that the intent was to condemn mobility as unprofitable. The contemporary interpretation has turned the traditional understanding on its head.
Erasmus's proverb gave the name "rolling stone" to people who meet this description.
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Anycheese, more interestingly, this is Wistmans Wood. A magical and enchanted woodland full of knarly, twisted, stunted Oak trees and mossy granite boulders. I have been here many times, never before with camera. It is soooo difficult to get a composition. The woodland is thought to be one of the few remnants of ancient woodland on Dartmoor dating from prehistoric times. Apparently the wood is haunted by a pack of Yeth hounds and it is from here that they start their wild hunt across the moorland. They follow their master, who may be the Devil, Odin, or any number of spectral huntsmen on the search for souls across the moorlands. The dogs are described as jet-black in colour snorting fire from their nostrils. Coooool! Didnt see any though.. I will go back on a full moon and really take some shots.
for the February alphabet group. D is for dictionariy, and for definitions.
Ambrose Bierce's definition of a dictionary:
"A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."
Others from the same page (short ones):
Discussion: A method of confirming others in their errors.
Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country."
Dictator: The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of despotism to the plague of anarchy.
My only means of diptyching is with Flickr Toys, so I can't really control the shape but I still liked this enough to post......
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
On my African Safari seeing a “dik dik” was a priority and I was thrilled to see one in the wild.
Years ago in a land far away, after a dinner party with friends, we were playing “dictionary”. A game for pseudo intellectuals where a dictionary was opened to a random spot, a word chosen from the facing dictionary pages that the “leader” thought most people would not know. The players had pieces of paper (all the same size and color) and pencils and were asked to write their own short definitions of the selected word. The leader then wrote the actual dictionary definition. The answers were read aloud and votes were taken as to which was the actual definition. Choosing the dictionary definition got you points and if someone voted for your definition you got additional points.
On one evening the word selected was “dik dik”. The winning definition was “What Pat Nixon says when in a state of arousal”. Sorry that to get the joke you might have to be an old-timer. It still tickles me.
Who uses a paper copy dictionary, when in moments you can search on the web? Was interested in the defintion of 'photograph' found in this 1946 edition I stumbled across... ('chemical action'.... well yes, I guess back in the day.....)
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The ability to tell a story is perhaps our most powerful magic.
There is always an overwhelming sensation of emptiness upon finishing a book. I feel like over the course of reading I make new friends and with that last line there is always the feeling of loss and of loneliness, such as one might experience when watching a loved one board a plane. Sometimes I cry because it has ended and other times I go back to the beginning and start again.
This dictionary has 1642 pages of words. It is my favourite dictionary. I got it for £4.99 from a charity shop eight years ago.
In 1885 Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames said of Clifton Hampden, 'Clifton Hampden, this picturesque little village, is situated at the foot of a bold bluff, which rises abruptly from the somewhat flat country around. The cliff is surmounted by the church and vicarage, and is clothed with luxuriant trees down to the water's edge. The village, a pretty collection of old-fashioned cottages, all of which are bright with flowers ...' This description is still apt today.
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Capturing this pretty cliche shadow/light play with my mobile phone .... what's not cliche is the use of Blue-Tac to create the faux "ring" instead of say my wedding ring ha ha & my focus on the words rather then the shadow shape which just plays a supporting role in the composition
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whisper
verb [ intrans. ]
speak very softly using one's breath without one's vocal cords, esp. for the sake of privacy
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