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05-23-2004, 09:00 PM	#1
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	English Dictionary hi all, i am looking for an English dictionary basically for spell checking Can anybody recommend a good one please ?

05-23-2004, 10:46 PM	#2
mamut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moscow Posts: 279	merriam webster 11th college. you'll need a reader, tho. try an ebook site.

05-24-2004, 03:59 AM	#3
anitanium anitanium contributer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,385	microsoft word? __________________ back with a vengeance --Pa1m0ne Treo 600

05-24-2004, 05:01 AM	#4
JEM Guest Posts: n/a	Free or shareware? The one I use fulfills my need: Ofxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus but costs $29.99 (although there are regular discounts, keep watching!) It is there

05-24-2004, 03:16 PM	#5
IB Michael Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Des Moines, IA/CdA, ID Posts: 60	Used this one for some time now. Get the large one. Good all around product. Not free though, but what is that's worthwhile? http://www.learningtogo.com/dtg/forpalm.php

05-24-2004, 03:34 PM	#6
Punky Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 53	PocketLingo's American Heritage College Edition. __________________ Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

05-24-2004, 03:43 PM	#7
yorrick Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 855	Have a look at this review by Tanker_Bob on PDA Buyers Guide. Tanker_Bob has done a very good review comparing several dictionary programs of BDicty, Mi, MSDict, Oxford American, and PocketLingo This covers the major players in the dictionary business at the time of writing. It is a fair and balanced review too. http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/softw...ictionaries.htm Tanker_Bob has also done a review on Office products on the Palm PDA... http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/software/palm_office.htm Hope this helps! __________________ The answer is 42! If you know the answer and the question at the same time, the universe will then be swallowed up and be replaced by something even more inexplicable!

05-24-2004, 04:45 PM	#8
Atomic Chicken With the high-pro glow! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Nuclear Coop Posts: 965	Greetings! I second Punky's recommendation of the "PocketLingo American Heritage College Edition". Best English dictionary I have found for PalmOS - EVER. I've tried and bought just about everything out there, and the PocketLingo product continues to amaze me - and continues to be the one I refer to constantly. Best wishes, Bawko __________________ Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Both! It's the Atomic Super Chicken!

05-24-2004, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by Atomic Chicken
Greetings!

I second Punky's recommendation of the "PocketLingo American Heritage College Edition". Best English dictionary I have found for PalmOS - EVER. I've tried and bought just about everything out there, and the PocketLingo product continues to amaze me - and continues to be the one I refer to constantly.

Best wishes,
Bawko

Atomic Chicken

PocketLingo is good, but not everyone spells strangely like you Americans!

The two favourites I use are MSDict Oxford English Dictionary and PocketLingo College Dictionary. The nice thing about using these two dictionaries is that you can see where some of the origins of the words comes from.

I have used MSDict, Ultralingua and Mi: D but found all three wanting in either word definitions or user interface friendliness.

BTW - If you intend to buy a dictionary, I suggest that you buy a bundle like dictionary and thesaurus. It's better value!

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05-26-2004, 01:47 AM	#10
jdonalds Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: California Posts: 199	Free Noah Lite I've been using the free Noah Lite for a couple of years. It has most of the words I've wanted to look up. I find it very handy to have a dictionary in my pocket and you can't beat free. Why not try this one for a while then decide if you need to spend $. http://www.freewarepalm.com/educati...ictionary.shtml John