Broomsticks And Owls

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Wednesday 4 January 2006 3:05:36am

If you're going to have to look something up in a dictionary you may as well do it in a proper one, to save trouble and time if it' not in a child's one. Nothing worse than knowing a word exists but not being able to find it in a dictionary because it's not a very good one!

by **Asphodel** » Wednesday 4 January 2006 4:08:36am

I'm a bit confused, but you might not have gotten what I meant:

a) You look up the word A. In the definition it mentions the word B. B is unavailable in the proper dictionary because it is such an easy word.

b) You find the word B in the childrens' dictionary. yay.

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Wednesday 4 January 2006 6:37:47am

Solution: Get a good dictionary that has all the words...

by **Asphodel** » Thursday 5 January 2006 1:52:41am

Those are hard to find, they take up several shelves on your library, and cost a goood amount.

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Thursday 5 January 2006 5:15:02am

Put up with it then! :grin:

by **Asphodel** » Friday 6 January 2006 3:18:29am

Nearly thirty thick, heavy books? And even those don't have all the words.

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Friday 6 January 2006 9:39:21am

Well a dictionary with all the words would have to be updated regularly because of the scientific discoveries etc.
Our language is still changing.

by **Asphodel** » Saturday 7 January 2006 8:25:58pm

Well by all I meant minus the REAL big ones that no one ever uses, and minus the REAL small ones (i.e., can, will, she, he)

by **Hagger 9003** » Monday 18 September 2006 6:33:14pm

siana, i really like this. i would call it a poem: a poem is something whcih describes the essence of something. you can read the definition of what an eagle is in an encyclopedia, but to truly understand it, you need a poem. this poem can really help you understand snape, and how you interpret his killing of DD. im not sure how it went myself, but seriously, this is amazing stuff!

on dictionaries... well, theyre useless. ive never liked them, never will. a word has too many meanings, which are too subtle to be explained with other words. for example, whats the difference between will and shall? and yes, kids dictionaries rock! :grin:

by **Mistress Siana** » Thursday 23 November 2006 11:31:47am

Thank you Hagger, I'm glad you liked it; it was a bit of an experiment, and I didn't quite know what to think of the outcome.

Is it a poem? I found this and immedeately had to think of you all. It's amazing!

How do you recognize a poem when you see one?

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Saturday 25 November 2006 1:38:25am

Crickey! It isn't short, is it! :-)

by **bethpatricia13** » Friday 15 June 2007 3:33:21am

a very nice story, your a good writer

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