Comments on: What’s in a Definition? http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Renae Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:36:15 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/#comment-182 Susan, What a treasure you have in your 1881 dictionary! I bought a children's dictionary for my son when we started school. It said it was the only dictionary your child would need until age twelve. Ha! We quit using it when my son was seven. He would look up a word and find it wasn't listed. That was very frustrating to both of us. He uses the 1828 now. It takes a bit of encouragement but it is worth the effort. If we are in a hurry we use one of the online versions. I hadn't thought about the toil involved in being bored. You have to choose not to think something to do. It is hard to shut off your mind unless it is being numbed by some form of entertainment. Susan,
What a treasure you have in your 1881 dictionary!

I bought a children’s dictionary for my son when we started school. It said it was the only dictionary your child would need until age twelve. Ha! We quit using it when my son was seven. He would look up a word and find it wasn’t listed. That was very frustrating to both of us. He uses the 1828 now. It takes a bit of encouragement but it is worth the effort. If we are in a hurry we use one of the online versions.

I hadn’t thought about the toil involved in being bored. You have to choose not to think something to do. It is hard to shut off your mind unless it is being numbed by some form of entertainment.

]]> By: Susan http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Susan Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:15:12 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/#comment-186 I like to collect dictionaries, but you have me intrigued with the 1828 version now. I fell into the thoughtless (for me) trap of getting the modern day children's dictionaries. I have a collection of those too, since I buy them at garage sales or such. They are pathetic, dumbed down and useless. We usually end up going to the internet for definitions or our 1881 dictionary my grandparents gave us is always an interesting read. Bored? You'd have to work at being bored and that doesn't seem appealing, does it? :-) I like to collect dictionaries, but you have me intrigued with the 1828 version now.
I fell into the thoughtless (for me) trap of getting the modern day children’s dictionaries. I have a collection of those too, since I buy them at garage sales or such. They are pathetic, dumbed down and useless.
We usually end up going to the internet for definitions or our 1881 dictionary my grandparents gave us is always an interesting read. Bored? You’d have to work at being bored and that doesn’t seem appealing, does it? :-)

]]> By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Renae Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:14:34 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/#comment-185 Laura, Word usage fascinates me. I didn't realize how much until I took the time to write about it. What comes out during the writing process is telling. I only wish I could take the credit for this thoughtful post, but it belongs to Dana. After I read this I had no motivation to write my own post on the subject. Now hers is here where I can easily find it and read it over and over. Dana, It is a very good post, isn't it? Thank you so much for letting me use it. I hope you get some traffic on your blog as a result. You already have my friendship, my first born belongs to God, and I didn't see a cash register on your blog. I'm not sure what else I can give you. My gratitude will have to suffice. Laura,
Word usage fascinates me. I didn’t realize how much until I took the time to write about it. What comes out during the writing process is telling.

I only wish I could take the credit for this thoughtful post, but it belongs to Dana. After I read this I had no motivation to write my own post on the subject. Now hers is here where I can easily find it and read it over and over.

Dana,
It is a very good post, isn’t it? Thank you so much for letting me use it. I hope you get some traffic on your blog as a result.

You already have my friendship, my first born belongs to God, and I didn’t see a cash register on your blog. I’m not sure what else I can give you. My gratitude will have to suffice.

]]> By: Dana http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Dana Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:43:33 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/#comment-184 Wow. That is the best post I have ever read. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) Thanks for such a nice introduction. Wow. That is the best post I have ever read. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

Thanks for such a nice introduction.

]]> By: Laura http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Laura Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:13:29 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/09/09/whats-in-a-definition/#comment-183 That's very interesting. Definitions have changed a great deal over the years ... That’s very interesting. Definitions have changed a great deal over the years …

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