03-02-2015, 09:24 PM | #1 |
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[PW2] Drilling into the dictionary
I ran into the word 'twixt' which I hadn't seen before. Upon highlighting, the dictionary showed me it's a contraction of the word 'betwixt'.
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03-02-2015, 09:33 PM | #2 |
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Well, usually there would be a link in the dictionary to the related word. In this case I guess you will have to search it yourself.
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03-02-2015, 09:45 PM | #3 |
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Ah, I haven't seen those, yet. Good to know!
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It is only there in the dictionary itself, not the popup, though.
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03-03-2015, 06:31 AM | #5 |
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Such a shame, though. If you know what it's linked to, why not link it.
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Are you sure it's not linked in the full dictionary page? The pop-up doesn't show links.
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03-03-2015, 10:21 AM | #7 |
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I checked, it doesn't.
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That's mildly surprising. Thanks for checking.
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03-03-2015, 10:36 AM | #9 |
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First thing I did.
I thought it was odd, because as I recall most words -- even variant spellings -- provide linkage to related words. |
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I don't know about the PW's, but on my K4 I can look up words from the dictionary.
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Yes, I realize that. If one would like to see what the afore mentioned word means they can find the definition in the manner in which I described.
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Sure, but I wouldn't need to ask a question about that. Which I didn''t.
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