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Saturday, September 11, 2010

1+1+1 for 365, Day 12 - Books of words

TODAY'S QUOTE:
“Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap” - George Bernard Shaw

TODAY'S BOOK:
Dictionaries

I’m breaking the pattern today by not talking about a specific book, but about some of the most useful reference books in my library.

Dictionaries – and reference books in general – are the quiet backroom boys and girls among books. I cannot think of anyone – with the possible exception of some and obsessive compilers of lexicons – who would read a dictionary for fun. Sure, they can lead to some fun: people use them to compile word games, crossword puzzles and settle arguments about what is allowed in a game of Scrabble. But curl up with a dictionary? Probably only if you are a desperate insomniac.