Apronyms
Apronyms => Apronym Creation => Topic started by: Jeff Anonymous on October 24, 2001, 04:10:14 AM
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Person, Educator, Does Algebra 'N' Trigonometry (a pedant is a male schoolteacher)
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>>> On 23 October 2001 15:10:14 UTC, Jeff Anonymous wrote:
Person, Educator, Does Algebra 'N' Trigonometry (a pedant is a male schoolteacher)
.. pedant is also a term for someone who is too 'pedantic' about matters of grammar and the use of words.
Picky Extremist Doesn't Accept New Terminologies
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These ones fit Tony's meaning:
Peruses Each Dictionary And Notes Troubles.
Peruses Every Day A New Thesaurus.
And this one Jeff's:
Pedagogue Expects Discipline And No Truancy
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Sorry for POSTING TWICE, I accidentally doubleclicked on the button. I wonder if Edwin can delete one of them.
Pressed Once & Slipped! Two Identical Notices Got Through. Worried, I Cry, "Edwin!"
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I often tend to be rather a pedant, as per Tony's rendition, see FORA and VERBOSE ACRONYMIST. VIDELICET (which I need to acronymise soon) happens to be an important part of my vocabulary :)
Ye God, I need a new Roget. And Webster.
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>>> On 24 October 2001 01:41:06 UTC, Jeff Anonymous, pedantic acronymist wrote:
Ye God, I need a new Roget. And Webster.
And I added:
And a Chambers.
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Chambers = Out Of Print...with luck I shall soon acquire an unabridged Random House dictionary....
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>>> On 24 October 2001 22:27:19 UTC, Jeff Anonymous wrote:
> Chambers = Out Of Print...
> with luck I shall soon acquire an
> unabridged Random House dictionary....
Random House? ... do they just stick the words in any old order?
Seriously, If you can't get a Chambers then get an Oxford
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RANDOM HOUSE
Reading A New Dictionary Offers Many Hours Of Uniquely Serendipitous Enjoyment.
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Sorry, the Random House looks rather good...I also considered a Merriam-Webster, but I don't know where to buy their unabridged edition.
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>>> On 25 October 2001 15:04:23 UTC, Jeff Anonymous, deep in pedantry wrote:
Sorry, the Random House looks rather good...I also considered a Merriam-Webster, but I don't know where to buy their unabridged edition.
Who would 'abridge' a dictionary?, or do you mean to imply a difference between a 'pocket', a 'concise' and a larger hardback dictionary?
I have a very good Merriam Webster, it's a bit old - 1977 - but still useful, though it doesn't indicate whether it is abridged or otherwise. it has 1536 pages, most of which carry at least one illustration.
Whichever you end up buying, I wish you great enjoyment with it.
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Tony said:
Whichever you end up buying, I wish you great enjoyment with it.
I certainly will...all my dictionaries are so used they're falling apart and I have to use Internet ones.