Comments on: missing from dictionary http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/01/missing-from-dictionary/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: david carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/01/missing-from-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-16852 david carlton Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:58:21 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/01/missing-from-dictionary/#comment-16852 Admittedly, it's not the largest dictionary in the world - it's an old "Collins Pocket German Dictionary". But it's not small, either: you'd have to have pretty big pockets for the dictionary to fit in it (a good choice to throw in a backpack), and it has 46,000 words. So I'm surprised at their choice to leave them out, though I'm not convinced they were wrong to do so. Admittedly, it’s not the largest dictionary in the world – it’s an old “Collins Pocket German Dictionary”. But it’s not small, either: you’d have to have pretty big pockets for the dictionary to fit in it (a good choice to throw in a backpack), and it has 46,000 words. So I’m surprised at their choice to leave them out, though I’m not convinced they were wrong to do so.

]]> By: Stuart Marks http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/01/missing-from-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-16840 Stuart Marks Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:25:30 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/01/missing-from-dictionary/#comment-16840 Did you know that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? :-) OK, I had to look. My trusty Langenscheidts Englisch-Deutsch Taschenwörterbuch does indeed have entries for "English" and "German" in the English half, and "englisch" and "deutsch" in the German half. The entries are quite useful, as they contain information beyond the obvious single-word translations. For example, the entry for "English" contains translations for idioms such as "in plain English" and "The Queen's English." Yeah, it's weird that your dictionary doesn't have these entries. Did you know that the word “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary? :-)

OK, I had to look. My trusty Langenscheidts Englisch-Deutsch Taschenwörterbuch does indeed have entries for “English” and “German” in the English half, and “englisch” and “deutsch” in the German half. The entries are quite useful, as they contain information beyond the obvious single-word translations. For example, the entry for “English” contains translations for idioms such as “in plain English” and “The Queen’s English.”

Yeah, it’s weird that your dictionary doesn’t have these entries.

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