Comments on: Dictionaries and Ham Butt Wisdom http://chrislott.org/story/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: beau http://chrislott.org/story/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-103348 beau Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:48:59 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2007/09/19/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/#comment-103348 Heh. I agree a sample of two ain't huge. Still, if I can only have two them two make a nice complementary pair, complementary both by age and method. Heh. I agree a sample of two ain’t huge. Still, if I can only have two them two make a nice complementary pair, complementary both by age and method.

]]> By: chris http://chrislott.org/story/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-103303 chris Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:09:59 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2007/09/19/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/#comment-103303 Yeah, the whole presentation is about the fluidity of language vs the propped up cadaver that is the idea of the dictionary. I prefer the image of the twitchy, artifically animated corpse to that of steam punk, but I'm strange that way. Hypertext Webster looks good. I'll note that the "diversity" we can hope for is so much greater than what is represented by the admittedly good Princeton WordNet and Webster's... Yeah, the whole presentation is about the fluidity of language vs the propped up cadaver that is the idea of the dictionary. I prefer the image of the twitchy, artifically animated corpse to that of steam punk, but I’m strange that way.

Hypertext Webster looks good. I’ll note that the “diversity” we can hope for is so much greater than what is represented by the admittedly good Princeton WordNet and Webster’s…

]]> By: beau http://chrislott.org/story/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-103239 beau Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:28:16 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2007/09/19/dictionaries-and-ham-butt-wisdom/#comment-103239 Reckon part of the discussion will include the observation that words are fluid, and that, similar to the recent conversation on wikipedia as first word or last word, usage fetishists have access to a greater set of resources for distinguishing ever more finely nuanced meanings. I'm a hug fan, btw, of Bennett Yee's <a href="http://www.bennetyee.org/http_webster.cgi?" rel="nofollow">Hypertext Webster</a> which pulls from sources as diverse as wordnet and the 1913 Webster's dictonary. Almost always you get at least those two, with the nice range of full and slightly archaic juxtaposed with the short and sweet. Reckon part of the discussion will include the observation that words are fluid, and that, similar to the recent conversation on wikipedia as first word or last word, usage fetishists have access to a greater set of resources for distinguishing ever more finely nuanced meanings.

I’m a hug fan, btw, of Bennett Yee’s Hypertext Webster which pulls from sources as diverse as wordnet and the 1913 Webster’s dictonary. Almost always you get at least those two, with the nice range of full and slightly archaic juxtaposed with the short and sweet.

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