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Jeff Anonymous

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PEDANT
« on: October 24, 2001, 04:10:14 AM »
Person, Educator, Does Algebra 'N' Trigonometry  (a pedant is a male schoolteacher)
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Tony

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PEDANT
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2001, 04:42:23 AM »
>>> 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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Angela

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PEDANT
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2001, 11:44:53 AM »
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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Angela Angela

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PEDANT
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2001, 11:51:29 AM »
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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Jeff Anonymous, pedantic acronymist

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PEDANT
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2001, 02:41:06 PM »
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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Angela

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PEDANT
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2001, 04:59:15 PM »
>>> 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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Jeff Anonymous

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PEDANT
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2001, 11:27:19 AM »
Chambers = Out Of Print...with luck I shall soon acquire an unabridged Random House dictionary....
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Tony

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PEDANT
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2001, 02:13:27 PM »
>>> 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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Tony

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PEDANT
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2001, 02:17:44 PM »
RANDOM HOUSE
Reading A New Dictionary Offers Many Hours Of Uniquely Serendipitous Enjoyment.
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Jeff Anonymous, deep in pedantry

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PEDANT
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2001, 04:04:23 AM »
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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Tony

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PEDANT
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2001, 06:47:53 AM »
>>> 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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Jeff Anonymous

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PEDANT
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2001, 02:41:25 PM »
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.
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