Sandra Dodd

http://en.wiktionary.org/


"
> Welcome to Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free
> multilingual dictionary in every language, with definitions,
> etymologies, pronunciations, quotations, synonyms, antonyms and
> translations. Wiktionary is the lexical companion to the open-
> content encyclopedia Wikipedia. In the English edition, started on
> December 12, 2002, we are now working on 121,251 entries. Learn how
> to edit page entries, experiment in the sandbox and visit our
> Community Portal to see how you can participate in the development
> of Wiktionary"


Wow.

On the lefthand column, the fifth link is "random page."
THAT was some fun, giving words in all kinds of languages. Some
simple, some obscure, some entries just baffling, but if you don't
like that one, click "random page" again!




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

squeakybiscuit

My son's favorite web dictionary is this one:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/


If you're against your kids being shown swear words, I wouldn't send
them there. We've always allowed swearing and he has curbed himself,
swearing with his friends and stuff but not at inappropriate times
like in front of his grandma.




--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd
<Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> http://en.wiktionary.org/
>
>
> "
> > Welcome to Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a
free
> > multilingual dictionary in every language, with definitions,
> > etymologies, pronunciations, quotations, synonyms, antonyms and
> > translations. Wiktionary is the lexical companion to the open-
> > content encyclopedia Wikipedia. In the English edition, started
on
> > December 12, 2002, we are now working on 121,251 entries. Learn
how
> > to edit page entries, experiment in the sandbox and visit our
> > Community Portal to see how you can participate in the
development
> > of Wiktionary"
>
>
> Wow.
>
> On the lefthand column, the fifth link is "random page."
> THAT was some fun, giving words in all kinds of languages. Some
> simple, some obscure, some entries just baffling, but if you
don't
> like that one, click "random page" again!
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Lars Hedbor

My favorite thing about the Wikimedia projects is that if you see something
that you just *know* is wrong - or if something is missing - you can just
correct it, right there on the spot.

Of course, there is the odd digital vandal, but it's easy to roll back
malicious changes.

- Lars D. H. Hedbor
  Author, Small Business Projects/INTERNET


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandra Dodd
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:42 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] words and another way to play with the
> internet
>
> http://en.wiktionary.org/
>
>
> "
> > Welcome to Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free
> > multilingual dictionary in every language, with definitions,
> > etymologies, pronunciations, quotations, synonyms, antonyms and
> > translations. Wiktionary is the lexical companion to the open-
> > content encyclopedia Wikipedia. In the English edition, started on
> > December 12, 2002, we are now working on 121,251 entries. Learn how
> > to edit page entries, experiment in the sandbox and visit our
> > Community Portal to see how you can participate in the development
> > of Wiktionary"
>
>
> Wow.
>
> On the lefthand column, the fifth link is "random page."
> THAT was some fun, giving words in all kinds of languages. Some
> simple, some obscure, some entries just baffling, but if you don't
> like that one, click "random page" again!
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> "List Posting Policies" are provided in the files area of this group.
>
> Visit the Unschooling website and message boards:
> <http://www.unschooling.info>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>