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Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:37:17 2020 No.16716752 [Reply] [Original]

Do you look up every word you don't know in the dictionary?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:40:45 2020 No.16716762 >>16716752 Yes. I keep a dictionary on my desk at all times because i'm based

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:41:13 2020 No.16716765 >>16716752 Almost every. Sometimes I'm so lazy I just try to guess the meaning. After all, not like I'll be using these words any time soon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:45:44 2020 No.16716773 >>16716752 yes, because I have an ereader, and I only need to tap the word. I fucking love the dictionary function so fucking much, you wouldn't believe it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:51:08 2020 No.16716791 >>16716752 No. Any word I don’t already know is obscure enough to not be worth learning.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:54:36 2020 No.16716797 >>16716752 Yes because I read on Kindle and it's easy as fuck

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:55:37 2020 No.16716798 >>16716752 No because I only care about the syntax and morphology

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:55:44 2020 No.16716799 >>16716773 Based! I love the Wikipedia and translation function on Kindle as well.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 04:57:29 2020 No.16716802 >>16716752 My comlog implant immediately deciphers each unknown therefore there is no word I know not the meaning.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 10:59:37 2020 No.16718025 >>16716752 yes, I've heard tons of people say they learn form contact but they rarely actually know what the words mean they have a vague idea that leads to incorrect usage

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 11:01:06 2020 No.16718033 >>16716752 When I don't know a word, I do look it up, but not 'in the dictionary'; I simply dip into pure insight and discover the meaning of the word from first principles

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 11:11:13 2020 No.16718079 Any words you identify with certain authors/books? Like you learn the word from the book and think of the book whenever you see/use said word. For example, for me: infinite jest = prandial Pynchon = somnolent, Quonset LOTR = coomb

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:19:07 2020 No.16719090 >>16716752 yes then I bookmark the definition and try to use the new words while shitposting here. sometimes I use them wrong and someone will go "ummm ackshually" and I will learn how to use it properly

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:26:02 2020 No.16719135 I can usually tell what the word means with context. However, I do often look up a word I'm using to make sure it's proper.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:26:13 2020 No.16719137 Yes because I read shit by McCarthy and he makes up half his words so I have to be diligent.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:32:46 2020 No.16719175 Yes. I google everything I don't know. >Never too proud to learn.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:41:10 2020 No.16719223 >>16716752 If I read in my native language then yes. If I read in English then I only google words that appear important in order to understand what's going on. Otherwise it would be exhausting.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:41:52 2020 No.16719228 >>16716752 Eh sometimes I can infer the meaning, but if I can't ill google it

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:43:58 2020 No.16719245 >>16719223 >Lazy faggot

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:49:00 2020 No.16719277 >>16719245 Fuck you, I still look up a lot of words. It depends on the book but on average one word every one or two pages. If I do it more often than that then I won't retain them anyway.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:51:26 2020 No.16719295 >>16719277 you are not only a lazy faggot but also retarded ? Why would you come accross a new word every 2 pages ?. Please go where you are loved. Go back to Facebook.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:51:35 2020 No.16719296 >>16716773 Does Kobo have this?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:51:48 2020 No.16719300 If I really can't gleam what the word means from the context then yes

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:53:15 2020 No.16719307 >>16719295 Stop talking to me you monolingual retard.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:57:43 2020 No.16719341 >>16719307 Am ugandan. I speak like 6 languages.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:58:57 2020 No.16719346 >>16719296 Yes

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 14:59:07 2020 No.16719349 >>16719341 6 different types of monkey noises I bet lmao

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 15:02:13 2020 No.16719372 >>16716752 yeah, and the etymology too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 15:03:41 2020 No.16719382 >>16719349 Really? A faggot using a dictionary every 2 pages called me a monkey? Am supposed to feel offended? >Kek

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 15:06:44 2020 No.16719398 >>16719382 So do you just know all the words on every page from Moby Dick, as a non native speaker?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 15:10:27 2020 No.16719420 >>16719398 No that is why. I google. Don't be too proud to learn.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 15:14:57 2020 No.16719451 >>16716752 Sometimes. It can get a little tiring when reading an older or archaically translated text though so I try not to as much lest it ruins the intuitive nature of the act.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 18:49:06 2020 No.16720654 >>16718025 >learn form contact you mean context?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 18:51:50 2020 No.16720663 File: 185 KB, 1044x869, 831.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16718079 >coomb

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 5 19:49:57 2020 No.16720911 >>16720663 There is also an English word "cwm", pronounced the same, borrowed from Welsh. (crwth is another English word)