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General => Everything Else => Topic started by: Mistress of Darkness on June 11, 2003, 07:57:14 PM

Title: Spelling
Post by: Mistress of Darkness on June 11, 2003, 07:57:14 PM

Okay, this is driving me crazy. Who knows how to spell otomonapeia? It's not showing up on the Merriam-Webster site and I really want to know.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Spriggan on June 11, 2003, 08:40:40 PM

don't you mean  onomatopoeia?

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: 42 on June 11, 2003, 08:45:53 PM

Spriggan giving spelling advice, scary.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Entsuropi on June 11, 2003, 08:54:44 PM

Hmmm... anyone wanna ring up the devil and see if his central heating is ok?

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Mistress of Darkness on June 12, 2003, 12:09:43 AM

Woah, that's right . . .

stunned silence

Thanks.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 12, 2003, 12:11:01 AM

GREAT CTHULU IS RISING! Run for the hills!

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on June 12, 2003, 12:15:10 AM

mmmmm... fried squid on the halfshell.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Spriggan on June 12, 2003, 12:40:32 AM

lol it comes up in my Major a lot, since a good portion of the Japanese language is Onomatopoeias

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 12, 2003, 12:51:53 AM

There are a lot of words commonly used that you mis-spell, though. I'm still a little in awe. Shock and awe.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Spriggan on June 12, 2003, 02:17:55 AM

Not ones that I commenly have to write

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on June 12, 2003, 08:41:33 AM

like commonly?

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 12, 2003, 09:04:45 AM

dang, beat me to the punch.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: Brian on June 14, 2003, 03:10:35 PM

By the way, a good backup (if you're a Merriam-Webster fan) is Dictionary.com. Its not a very pretty site, but it gives entries from multiple dictionaries, and includes a great thesaurus to boot.

Title: Re: Spelling
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 14, 2003, 10:32:51 PM

I was a big fan of the OED, myself. But since I was using BYU's access, it's been kind of pointless, since I don't have the hundreds of dollars to subscribe to it online.