Have You Used A Thesaurus Recently?

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I use mine every so often because I'm a lousy, rotten speller. When "Spell Check" can't cope, and a dictionary won't work, I have to creep up on the problem.

Do you use your thesaurus? Is it gathering dust? Did you donate it to a book sale?

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[+1] - ossobuco - 11/01/2004I use it rarely. But it looks nice next to the American Heritage Dictionary and The Dictionary of Modern American Usage.
[+1] - stuh505 - 11/01/2004very rarely...maybe once or twice a year
[+1] - Seed - 11/01/2004naw... i wish i had a dinosuar though... they are really cool :-D
[+1] - mac11 - 11/01/2004I use an online thesaurus ( www.thesaurus.com ) occasionally when needing inspiration.
[+1] - roger - 11/01/2004No. I never thought of it as useful for sneaking up on a spelling problem.
[+1] - Linkat - 11/01/2004I use the thesaurus all the time; not the hard book copy, but the one attached to my Microsoft Word.
[+1] - panzade - 11/01/2004I use mine as a paperweight when the fan is on
[+1] - dlowan - 11/01/2004I love thesaurii. I use anonline one - plus the visual one Little k posted about somewhere...it is a delight!
[+1] - George - 11/01/2004I was looking for synonym for thesaurus
[+1] - edgarblythe - 11/01/2004I use mine constantly. In the construction of a work of fiction it is important to vary word usage as much as possible. Mine is Roget's Fourth Edition.

I use it rarely. But it looks nice next to the American Heritage Dictionary and The Dictionary of Modern American Usage.

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very rarely...maybe once or twice a year

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naw... i wish i had a dinosuar though... they are really cool :-D

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I use an online thesaurus ( www.thesaurus.com ) occasionally when needing inspiration.

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No. I never thought of it as useful for sneaking up on a spelling problem.

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I use the thesaurus all the time; not the hard book copy, but the one attached to my Microsoft Word.

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I use mine as a paperweight when the fan is on

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I love thesaurii.

I use anonline one - plus the visual one Little k posted about somewhere...it is a delight!

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I was looking for synonym for thesaurus

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I use mine constantly. In the construction of a work of fiction it is important to vary word usage as much as possible. Mine is Roget's Fourth Edition.

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I always use Thesaurus.com. I love words!

Is that weird?

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I use the one attached to Merriam Webster online. Love 'em.
I've always liked reading dictionaries, and thesaurii, and other reference materials. Life as a dweeb. It's good. Cool

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This reminds me of the interview I heard with George Carlin today on NPR. They asked him about his love for words, and he said he is one of those people who, when they go to look up a word in the dictionary, ends up getting distracted by some other word and it takes him forever to look up the word he wanted in the first place.

Sounds like we have a few of those people here too.

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he was very entertaining on the actor's studio last night...

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My cousins and I were both raised in dictionary houses...
both had giant onionskin paged Webster's dictionaries in the living room. I've been a lifetime obsessive reader, and was a 4-year latin student, which is to explain that I have a lot of words at hand in my mind, swimming about, paddling towards a sentence to land in. I tend to make up words or adapt words and sounds to alternative usage, on purpose, to add to the mix. Once in a while I rope some of them into a coherent sentence.

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Seed wrote:

naw... i wish i had a dinosuar though... they are really cool :-D

made me laugh, seed..

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I had better command of the language in a younger day. Now I must constantly consult dictionaries and the Thesaurus or make some really dumb mistakes.

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glad I made someone laugh Osso... makes me feel good Smile

. but an honest answer to the question... i used to use it more, especially when i was in college... but now not so much

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ehBeth wrote:

I use the one attached to Merriam Webster online. Love 'em.
I've always liked reading dictionaries, and thesaurii, and other reference materials. Life as a dweeb. It's good.

<nodding>

Sometimes I just pull out the OED and my magnifying lens and GO TO TOWN! I use whichever thesaurus is handy when I need one, usually to remember a word, sometimes to check on a nuance. I also collect Barlett's Quotations editions so I can compare what was once considered valuable and no longer is. Big fun.

Like George Carlin, I sometimes get so intent on the next entry that I forget why I went there in the first place. <shrug> Is this a problem?

I love the idea of creeping up on a word, Noddy. I know what you mean -- sneaky little devils.

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