tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post6639986871183741067..comments2024-02-10T17:29:10.269+05:30Comments on Raji's Ramblings: LEXICON LOVERSRAJI MUTHUKRISHNANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767924355822361427noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-93986489064527132008-10-28T14:03:00.000+05:302008-10-28T14:03:00.000+05:30Aunty, probably the poor man (your father's cousin...Aunty, probably the poor man (your father's cousin) was just desperate for SOMETHING, anything, to read. I understand how he could have felt, for sometimes I have been forced to read the labels on medicine and cosmetic bottles for want of anything better. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous - I am also curious. You sound like an American veteran ?Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891321830756798690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-24558259578150003512008-10-24T19:48:00.000+05:302008-10-24T19:48:00.000+05:30Web, hope you did not need a dictionary for it.Kar...Web, hope you did not need a dictionary for it.<BR/><BR/>Karthik, great.<BR/><BR/>Maddy, looking forward to that.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, have only read extracts of the book. Would you like to say who you are - your experiences in the jungle must have been terrible!<BR/><BR/>Kat, I respect your views.<BR/><BR/>Viji, did it ? Help I mean to control your height? :)<BR/><BR/>Kamini, I will.<BR/><BR/>Flowergirl - proves there are lexicon lovers!RAJI MUTHUKRISHNANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767924355822361427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-41634404922015909532008-10-23T19:26:00.000+05:302008-10-23T19:26:00.000+05:30Rumour goes that the current Shankaracharya Sringe...Rumour goes that the current Shankaracharya Sringeri has memorised the English dictionary from A-Z in his desire to master the language!! Now please dont ask me if it was Chambers or Oxford or Brewsters - I have no idea!flowergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583733876810341137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-45071577731888344132008-10-21T20:10:00.000+05:302008-10-21T20:10:00.000+05:30Raji,I could relate to everything you wrote being ...Raji,<BR/>I could relate to everything you wrote being an avid dictionary reader myself. If you can get hold of a copy, do read "The Professor and the Madman", a fascinating (true) story about the Oxford English Dictionary and how it came into being.<BR/>Kamini.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-74597793509312630092008-10-21T17:58:00.000+05:302008-10-21T17:58:00.000+05:30A friend of our father once advised me to keep a D...A friend of our father once advised me to keep a Dictionary on my head so I would not grow any taller!!!Vijihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238730436295766322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-4166634378340027602008-10-21T15:36:00.000+05:302008-10-21T15:36:00.000+05:30Dictionaries are so important. Sometimes I wonder ...Dictionaries are so important. Sometimes I wonder the need for so many words for an equivalent meaning. Probably required. Brainy matters... not of major concern to brawny people like me..!!!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469394323819969371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-40554887519408783492008-10-21T10:37:00.000+05:302008-10-21T10:37:00.000+05:30Betcha u haven't read 'Devil's Diction...Betcha u haven't read 'Devil's Dictionary' by Ambrose Bierce cover to cover.<BR/><BR/>It kept me sane and alive in the jungles of Laos & Nam<BR/><BR/>http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/devilsdictionary/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-12168198885993368932008-10-21T10:22:00.000+05:302008-10-21T10:22:00.000+05:30you wrote this just as i was finishing up an artic...you wrote this just as i was finishing up an article on a word or two - watch out for it...Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-11900111949202540032008-10-20T20:10:00.000+05:302008-10-20T20:10:00.000+05:30btw i got one of those phrase origins - this time ...btw i got one of those phrase origins - this time its from the horse's mouth itself!! Oxford... will show it to you next time we meet.Karthik Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867676758625854038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108332737182280632.post-55719109097317152662008-10-20T16:39:00.000+05:302008-10-20T16:39:00.000+05:30Hello Raji !Your text is long. I'll translate it a...Hello Raji !<BR/>Your text is long. I'll translate it and i'll come again for comment...Webradiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865729926365127073noreply@blogger.com