tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post2692914843466583401..comments2024-03-25T20:45:09.957+05:30Comments on On The Ganga Mail: Life In A Metro: Death Of The DictionaryBishwanath Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499834715638337891noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-89084840427484641192011-12-04T01:28:42.658+05:302011-12-04T01:28:42.658+05:30.,¡i|¹i¡¡i¹|i¡,.
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Dear Sunil: Since you are co...Dear Janani: Thanks!<br /><br />Dear Sunil: Since you are comfortable in at least four languages, I am just curious which one would you prefer, given a choice : An English-Sanskrit Dictionary or a Hind-Sanskrit Dictionary?<br /><br />For some reason, although I consider English as my first language now, the way to Sanskrit in my neural pathways is always via Hindi! Curious, isn't it?<br /><br />Peace!Desi Babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955168775820391505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-20820155760708196112011-11-22T18:24:56.586+05:302011-11-22T18:24:56.586+05:30I consult my English-Hindi, English-Sanskrit and E...I consult my English-Hindi, English-Sanskrit and English-Italian dictionaries once in a while, when I feel that google is not giving me the right answer or when it does not know the answer (that happens and not so rarely).Sunil Deepakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781674474022699458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-45813552476001994962011-11-22T12:45:28.104+05:302011-11-22T12:45:28.104+05:30During dad's days it was the LIFCO
Mine: Oxfor...During dad's days it was the LIFCO<br />Mine: Oxford<br />The kiddo: MerriamWebster or equivalent online.<br />Rather than mourning, these days, i have come to embrace techonology. Same holds good for the inland letter, saree clad moms, rangolis outsisde, the rickshaw wallah list goes on.Geethanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-17392591062856275592011-11-21T18:04:41.924+05:302011-11-21T18:04:41.924+05:30So true. I travel often, and started carrying a no...So true. I travel often, and started carrying a notebook & pen with me to note down facts and phrases about places I've been to & people I've met. It was a futile attempt. All that goes on to my iPhone now. Would be a lost child without it, indeed.Shivyahttp://theshootingstar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-41351890582667789232011-11-21T12:56:10.052+05:302011-11-21T12:56:10.052+05:30Your comment about most spell check s/w recommendi...Your comment about most spell check s/w recommending American English resonated completely with me. I get humiliatingly confused when my colours, favourites and stylised are mercilessly underlined in red.<br />However, about the primary object of your article, the dictionary, I'm happy to add that I've successfully inculcated the habit in my kids. We can only to do the best we can about things that matter to us - right ?Mom With a Dothttp://momwithadot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-85384072528937492592011-11-20T10:12:17.034+05:302011-11-20T10:12:17.034+05:30@ desi babu : nice thoughts:)@ desi babu : nice thoughts:)Sepiamniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775772565154050637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-89215306876997780972011-11-19T22:32:49.831+05:302011-11-19T22:32:49.831+05:30Dear BG,
What is needed is a kid to teach. In the ...Dear BG,<br />What is needed is a kid to teach. In the process of teaching my kid, I not only need the English and Hindi dictionary close at hand, but also the English-to-Hindi, and Hindi-to-English ones.<br /><br />You need a dictionary for more than spelling – just wait till you end up stumbling when someone starts asking you the meaning of the words that you have used all your life, know exactly how and where to use, and yet cannot come explain clearly what it means.Sudeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248954146393962106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-232876978241033162011-11-19T15:17:31.970+05:302011-11-19T15:17:31.970+05:30So agree. Spell check reduced to those curly lines...So agree. Spell check reduced to those curly lines :-(Sepiamniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775772565154050637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-83505510661384950402011-11-19T14:37:20.973+05:302011-11-19T14:37:20.973+05:30Dear Ghosh Babu,
I can't remember when I last...Dear Ghosh Babu,<br /><br />I can't remember when I last used a dictionary. That may have something to do with the fact that I mostly write on a computer, and nowadays, almost every software warns you when you spell your <i>potatoe</i> wrong. Even Dan Quayle can't get it wrong now!<br /><br />A few days ago, I used pen and paper after quite some time -- to do a lot of complicated math. I probably wrote as many letters in Greek, as I did in English. But<br />I didn't have the need for a dictionary in either language.<br /><br />I don't know if it is time for an epitaph and a requiem yet. May be, in another decade or so?<br /><br />Peace!Desi Babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955168775820391505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-84205491731307444262011-11-19T14:29:35.763+05:302011-11-19T14:29:35.763+05:30you reminded me of the big black & red book, t...you reminded me of the big black & red book, that quietly stands in the corner of my bookshelf, patiently waiting for its turn...<br /><br />and you are right, it hasn’t come for a while !<br /><br />lovely post :)<br /><br />PayoshniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-45555596156794278412011-11-19T13:10:21.022+05:302011-11-19T13:10:21.022+05:30you have already celebrated the death of the pen.D...you have already celebrated the death of the pen.Dictionaries i never liked consulting,they're too bulky.mY mobile has a dictionary now.even My teacher knows assignments are ccp's-cut,copy,paste.<br />somehow the thought process,creativity and memory are all enervated.<br />And everything is fine till you can give us string garlanded posts such as these with e-dictionary close at hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com