I need a thick and or detailed one.

1/24/2006 11:53:11 AM

most useful book ever (also have the russian version)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=sm2XgFxCNH&isbn=0764124285&itm=1

the span/eng dictionary i use:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=sm2XgFxCNH&isbn=0877799164&itm=6

1/24/2006 12:09:57 PM

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ISBN=0060082410&pdf=y&userid=xj1quPqC9G

That's the dictionary I use. I love it! It always has the word I am looking up.

1/24/2006 4:17:39 PM

how do you make the little squiggly line and the other ' that goes over the letters? I know it's a control + thing, I think.

1/24/2006 5:39:55 PM

its actually alt and a few numbers like ¿ is alt 168 - why dont you check the character map under system tools

1/24/2006 6:36:46 PM

you win this round N00B...

Actually b/c I didn't think to, thank you.

1/24/2006 10:41:29 PM

you have to set your keyboard up to international..then you just hit the apostrophe key before a vowel, like this í, ó, á, etc. to make the ñ just hit the ~before an n.

1/25/2006 1:38:20 AM

diacritical marks suck

1/25/2006 2:55:00 AM

^I've been in school for 5 years and this motherfucker has to use a word that I have to look up. Asshole.

1/26/2006 12:15:44 AM

If you want spanish dictionaries... here are the ones that I would recommend/use:
Larousse
University of Chicago
VOX (I personally like it, but many teachers/professors have said it's bad... )

** Definitely would NOT recommend any of the dictionaries done by Webster for Spanish/English.

Also, for further reference:
501 Verbs is a great resource
Manual de gramatica (got it back in HS for my AP Spanish class, and a newer version was req'd for one of my classes... it's a great book.)
And then there's this little book that's a true Spanish dictionary (spanish - spanish). I actually found it quite useful... it's small and yellow. I got it from the NCSU Bookstore before I came here... probably about 5 years ago? But they're still around and I'm pretty sure they still look the same.

Maybe if you listed what you need your dictionary for it would help. I have found that different dictionaries are geared for different 'types' of spanish, as well as having varying main focuses. The best thing I've found is to pick a known word... and what you're expecting to find associated with it (ok, make that 10 or 20...). If you go through most of them at B&N or Borders or even the bookstore here on campus... you should see variations. If you're using the dictionary for literary analysis you're going to be looking for it to have often out of date/hard to define words, whereas if you're taking a business Spanish class, you're going to want something more modern and up to date in their definitions. Hopefully this will be of some help... I don't have my collection with me here, and I haven't used them in a year... so I can't really tell you which of the ones I listed are better for certain situations. Sometimes just the font and size of the dictionary will make a difference for a user. Take some of these Tdub suggestions... but mostly just go spend some time with them at a bookstore, that will help you make the best decision.
(Sorry for the ridiculously long post... it's ~2am)

1/26/2006 1:51:56 AM

Dude... we all tried to escape n00betry in one way or another, but that's overkill...

I'm just messin' with ya.

Thank you, that is useful.

[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 2:21 AM. Reason : the fucking english language....]

1/26/2006 2:18:41 AM