or should i say "agree"
2007-07-06 03:37:50 · 10 answers · asked by nodumgys 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
not really, but i've been learning and going by the shandy dictionary for quite a while now, mostly.
2007-07-06 03:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're supposed to be the experts at interpretation and word-origins, but even experts can get it wrong sometimes.
Do you have an example of something you don't agree with? I would imagine that the dictionary organisation concerned would be pleased to consider any reasonable request for clarification of a particular word or phrase. After all, most of their information comes from the public domain.
2007-07-06 10:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given that language is a fluid domain -- ever changing and adapting to the society that uses it -- what's not to "agree" with in a dictionary?? Or are you looking for the language "rule book?" Use of language will always be relative to the time period and context in which in it used. Like it or not.
2007-07-06 10:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's not to agree with or disbelieve. The dictionary contains definitions. It is the standard reference for the meaning and origins of the words that make up our language.
2007-07-06 10:42:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! They don't express subtleties well enough. Also, sometimes they have wierd things and they don't have it in the form that you use it. Dictionaries are stupid anyway. They always have errors and everyone just blindly goes along with them. Damn dictionaries.
2007-07-06 10:43:43 · answer #5 · answered by Chelsea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.. the dictionary is all knowing, haha.
Who else can you go to in a game of scrabble??
2007-07-06 10:40:57 · answer #6 · answered by Devan! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...until it is not a local dictionary...try using the web dictionary if u have some doubts....
tc
2007-07-06 10:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by d_champz_here 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. i don't agree with some dictionaries' definitions for Chicano/a.
2007-07-06 10:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by ndgrad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the meaning of words change with society. Remember when the meaning of gay was happy?
2007-07-06 20:07:53 · answer #9 · answered by macieroads 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much yeah...duh. Why the heck would it lie and/or give false info??? That's just jacked up.
2007-07-06 10:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by Ali 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋