Posted by Blinky the Shark on 06/15/05 23:56

Els wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:

>> Els wrote:
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:

>>>>> Doesn't matter much, as standardly isn't an existing word either. By
>>>>> Cambridge Dictionary standards.

>>>> Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

>>>> - stan·dard·ly adverb
>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>> Thanks :-)
>>> Have bookmarked Merriam-Webster alongside Cambridge now :-)

>> You might want to bookmark the American Heritage Dictionary,
>> too (also quoted above, before snippage), here:

>> http://www.bartleby.com/61/

>> It pronounces entries via small wav files, if you click the little
>> speaker icon. (Root word entries only, not derivations or compound
>> words.)

> And not with all words either.
> I'm not sure I like that dictionary really - I had to block one popup,
> deny one cookie, and block 4 ads before I could submit a query. I

Wow. I get none of that. What're you using, IE?

> typed in 'standard', and was presented with a long list of standard
> things, so I just clicked one at random: 'standard deviation'. Led to
> a page without a sound icon. "next" was 'standard English', which gave
> a sound icon for 'standard'. I clicked it... American pronounciation!

You expected, perhaps, an Australian pronunciation? :)

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