среда, 25 ноября 2009
21:49

What Do You Want For Christmas?

SecondNature
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
Christmas coming nearer, I start thinking about Christmas presents :)

I mean I have never had problems with choosing good presents for my nearest & dearest :)

This years I guess I deserve a Christmas present for myself :)

So, the latest variants are:

1) a good paper dictionary, not just a good one, but the most perfect edition. I want it with all possible synonyms and homophones and what not :)

2) an mp3 player with 2-4 gb memory :) with built-in speakers :) I wonder if i can find any :)

3) a wireless keyboard+mouse set, then I'll be able to search the net lying in the bed LOL


to be continued :)

@музыка: Jo Dee Messina

@настроение: in high spirits :)

@темы: emotions, presents, I

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26.11.2009 в 00:14

Kumin
Архи Дея
You've got a good taste!
But is it possible to find a proper paper dictionary? I've never come by a really good one in bookstores.
By the way, do you celebrate a Catholic Christmas or Russian Orthodox one?
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26.11.2009 в 00:53

SecondNature
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
I am Russian, so I am Orthodox :)

There's a great need for a profound paper dictionary as I am fond of reading dictionaries LOL
There are 3 Longman's dictionaries: Contemporary, English Language and Culture and Language Activator at home, but I've read them all up. Now I am using thefreedictionary.com (mostly) together with Cobuild Corpus, but these are on-line (not so comfortable to read in bed - LOL)

I haven't been to book stores for ages, so I can't even imagine what is on sale now :( I just know what I want :) Whether it's possible... :)
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26.11.2009 в 01:03

Kumin
Архи Дея
SecondNature I'm Russian too but I used to be Protestant in my early childhood. It's not like I wanted to confess that religion but I just wasn't asked about it :) I'm Orthodox now.
What do you think about ABBY Lingvo dictionary?
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26.11.2009 в 01:12

SecondNature
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
I hate doing translation even if I am asked by my nearest friends, mostly because I don't know Russian LOL
So I don't need ABBY as it is bilingual :) I got used to monolingual dictionaries and now I can hardly remember what it means to use a bilingual one :)
I really enjoy reading dictionaries just for fun LOL and find it easy to remember words just while looking them up. Though I must confess some words are too reluctant to enter my mind :)

Happy to meet an Orthodox on the Internet :)
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