how many people got the wrong answer for the first word in the dictionary ?????? practically all of you apart from the ones that said a. But the proper one is the one I gave.Aa'chen an ancient city in Germany. Come on hold your hand up and admit it you were wrong.
2007-01-02 11:09:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Good job!
2007-01-02 11:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What is "Aachen" doing in an English dictionary? One doesn't normally expect to see proper names in one, unless they have taken on an additional meaning - like Hoover, where the surname has come to mean a vacuum cleaner. Aachen isn't in any of my dictionaries. Are you sure you are looking in a dictionary? If it's a book with lots of maps at the beginning, followed by a list of place-names, then it's an atlas!
2007-01-03 01:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by andrew f 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry - my dictionary still has the first letter as "a" and its a Webster's Dictionary. I am sorry to say but I don't think anyone of us are too bothed by this.
Good Luck!!!
2007-01-02 11:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Andrew f has summed this up approriately! and Assaye10 is correct too.
A is a word otherwise you could not use it in a sentence. Proper names are not words they are names therefor Mr Questioner - YOU ARE WRONG!
2007-01-06 06:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by Purple-Fusion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, but still got !2!
technically "a" should come before any any word that begins with "aa..." so maybe you have s dodgy dictionary, did you buy it off a man in the street!
2007-01-02 11:12:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Capital A? No points in Scrabble mate!
2007-01-02 11:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by alfie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"A" is always the first word in the dictionary.
Aachen isn't a word. It's the name of a German town, so you won't find it in a dictionary.
The second word after "A" is usually "Aardvark".
2007-01-02 11:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by mainwoolly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cool. While we're at it, name another word off the top of your head that starts with X besides Xylophone and X-rays.
Go ahead.
Give up?
Xeriscape!
haha ok I'm bored.
2007-01-02 11:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by abby j 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What dictionary is that in then?
2007-01-02 11:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by Caroline 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get a life.
A boyfriend at the very least.
2007-01-02 11:12:41 · answer #10 · answered by bobby t 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋