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Voyageman — Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:30:35 -0800

Language Tools has become the one resource I use for all my WORD related needs, although it unfortunately lacks a Quotations section like Bartleby or Quotations Page. (The runner-up was Refdesk , which I know as Colin Powell's favorite, put together by Drudge the Father, although its filled with too much other stuff.) Any better choices?

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:07:29 -0800

wow. this'n went straight to my links bar.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:33:15 -0800

I love quotes and aphorisms, something to with my 60s daze... and another thing--What about short term memory loss? Which reminds me--What about short term memory loss? But I digress--But did I mention short term memory loss? Which is why I like, in part, maxims and aphorisms and proverbs: it's not like quoting Homer by heart but it's not bad... And, true, too, is how they fit into our postmodern fragment driven cut-and-paste-and-sample world... La Rochefoucauld, Chamfort, you know I like them... Cyril Connolly? You bet--and Bartleby's the place for that and all of them. And Heraclitus is well quoted on fan site and Bartleby both. Then there is a whole school of academic thought that see the proverb as the root of all literature. But my bottom line test is to type in the name of Yoshida Kenko. And you know what? I'm still waiting for either a decent fan page or literary source that can deliver there.

By: signal

signal — Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:40:29 -0800

y2karl: it's not like quoting Homer by heart ah, but this is: Mmmm... Fifty Dollar Pretzel Mmmm... The Land Of Chocolate Mmmm... Ovulicious Mmmm... Sacrelicious Mmmm... Unprocessed Fish Sticks and of course, d'oh!

By: mb01

mb01 — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:15:20 -0800

stupid sexy flanders

By: bmckenzie

bmckenzie — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:51:15 -0800

This UK site will look up your word in 30 or so specialized reference books -- dictionaries of art, history, science, slang, quotes, etc.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 06:06:44 -0800

bmckenzie--bad mouse! Bad link! Next time paste on, not after "http//"! Yoshida Kenko result on XRefer: Sorry, but we couldn't find any entries that matched your search Well, D'oh!

By: ssmith

ssmith — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:14:52 -0800

Another really great resource is www.lexfn.com. It's does most of what itools does plus it can find connections between words. So you can find words that not only rhyme but have a similar meaning, for example.