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[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

A couple of interesting resources from my Weblog:

Your Dictionary <http://www.yourdictionary.com/>

    Given the multicultural nature of our society, it's worth it to know
    where the good language dictionaries hide. Find African, Chinese,
    Hindi, Cree (and other Native American languages) and many other
    dictionaries. But, you can also find courses, glossaries, and
    acronyms. I also liked the "Word of the Day" which today is
    "chocolate". What's not to like about that word?

    Sign up for your "word of the day". Also look for Spanish and
    Chinese "word of the day" (although these are not sent to you),
     crosswords, scrambles and more. You can even learn how to write
    your name in 13 languages.

    Posted January 9, 2003 2:50 PM

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Webopaedia <http://www.pcwebopaedia.com>

    When I don't know what a computer term means I turn to Webopaedia
    for enlightenment. This well-maintained site tells me, for rxample,
    that I should be using Web site (2 words) instead of Website (one
    word) when I write about the content on the Web. I love the cross
    links within the definitions and the list of related terms off to
    the right.

    I sometimes just spend my time loitering around reading definitions
    (but not often, time being what it is). This is a great place for
    discovering terms that are newly minted, so, visit the site and key
    in your words into the search engine or search by category. You can
    also email definitions to colleagues if you get into an argument
    with them over a term. The other interesting thing is that when you
    search, up will pop links to related sites for you to do further
    investigation. Now let's see, what does "geek" mean exactly?

Posted January 9, 2003 2:38 PM

Feel free to forward to colleagues if you find them useful.

-- 
Regards,

Laura Larsson
Digital Asset Manager

Clinical Faculty
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University of Washington
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