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ConnieTerwilliger
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 Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: More dialect guides... |
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I was trying to get pronunication help on a "big" word and discovered that my Merriam-Webster link now needs money! So I did a search for "free dictionary with audio" and came up with this intersting link.
http://www.fonetiks.org/
It's not a dictionary with audio - but it could be helpful for accents and dialects.
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bobsouer
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Connie,
Thank you for this excellent link!
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Just for the record, I don't believe anything has changed over at m-w.com. They are still free most of the time. But if you need a word from the unabridged version, you have to subscribe.
I run into that every couple of months with them-- only if I'm doing something very esoteric in the medical/technical/scientific zone.
Still an awesome link! Thanks Connie!
Carry on!
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bobsouer
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| asnively wrote: | Just for the record, I don't believe anything has changed over at m-w.com. They are still free most of the time. But if you need a word from the unabridged version, you have to subscribe.
I run into that every couple of months with them-- only if I'm doing something very esoteric in the medical/technical/scientific zone. |
Amy,
And at $30 a year, it's a bargain for those times when you do have a medical/technical term or twelve to deal with. For example, at the moment I'm working my way through a 30,000 word Medical Vocabulary Training project. Believe me, paying the $30 was no big deal!
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Don G.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Another one with which I've had good luck is Answers.com. I don't know how "unabridged" it is, but I just found (and heard) phenylpropanolamine.  |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| bobsouer wrote: | | And at $30 a year, it's a bargain for those times when you do have a medical/technical term or twelve to deal with. For example, at the moment I'm working my way through a 30,000 word Medical Vocabulary Training project. Believe me, paying the $30 was no big deal! |
I agree 100%!
That sounds like quite the project... I love stuff like that, though. I've never done anything near that scale. But I consider 'big words' a personal specialty!
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Bruce
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I've found that M-W is not always accurate on medical terms....I've had producers direct me to read counter to the dictionary...but actually, I think medical people can't always agree. Then try all those made up names for prescription medicines...a pronunciation nightmare. I had to read a two minute piece that included the commercial and generic names for a bunch of antidepressants and such. The two medical producers couldn't always agree and made a bunch of phone calls during the session...got it done in about half an hour.
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bobsouer
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| Bruce wrote: | | ...but actually, I think medical people can't always agree. |
Bruce,
I also have a huge medical dictionary sent to me by the publishing company producing this project. Even using both resources (printed and M-W online) I've had exactly the same experience. Two different producers who disagree about how a word is to be pronounced. Thankfully, they're not arguing about all 30,000 words, only a few.
This is taking a little more than 30 minutes to finish. But, then, I'm not in your league.
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True. I just did a commercial for an ambulance chaser looking for Mesothelioma patients. M-W said "mezzo," everyone at the law firm and their medical advisors insisted on "meezo."
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