tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post4210826092983838265..comments2024-03-19T19:50:28.835-07:00Comments on Huc & Gabet: One Letter Words: A Dictionary by Craig Conley.robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296778162828375857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-74865252834055771052011-02-18T13:50:59.252-08:002011-02-18T13:50:59.252-08:00Hi Jeff,
mmmm. Your comments are very interesting...Hi Jeff,<br />mmmm. Your comments are very interesting (and appreciated) and i think possibly you have taken my comments a little too seriously. This blog is not a serious critical review or comment on books, it is just my opinion as a bookseller... and as Eidolon mentions in his comments, lacking a little in logic. I thank you for mentioning me in the same breath as all the learned references that you mentioned... my humble ego remains humble and has not expanded.<br />Thanks again for your comments and for noticing this blog.<br />Robinrobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296778162828375857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-57092937652831669292011-02-18T13:36:59.398-08:002011-02-18T13:36:59.398-08:00Hi Eccentric Scholar,
I hope it does reach his ear...Hi Eccentric Scholar,<br />I hope it does reach his ears and then possibly he'll write another book about this book. It is just as interesting. Re my definition of a "quick look up in the dictionary", i think most people would use something other than the OED... for a quick reference. Maybe i'm wrong, but i'm not an "eccentric scholar" or the author of this book and by the way... I think your book is great.<br />All the best and thanks for noticing this humble blog. <br />Robinrobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296778162828375857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-59315301289905739992011-02-18T13:22:19.236-08:002011-02-18T13:22:19.236-08:00Hello Eidolon,
Thank you so much for commenting on...Hello Eidolon,<br />Thank you so much for commenting on my brief comments (notice the word “comments” as apposed to “arguments”). There are a few things you didn’t mention about my blog entry in your reply. Firstly my comment “for a quick look up in the dictionary” and “As a look at the use of language particularly in print, I think it is interesting”. I think you are right my logic is a little dumbfounding overall and possibly I could have elaborated a little more. My blog entries are at times just my thoughts and ramblings and are obviously not the works of a person concerned with all of the uses of one letter words (my limited one letter word vocabulary is perfect evidence of this). My point upon reflection is that the book appears to me to be more of an entertainment and the use of the book as such by my friend that owns the book is the main reason I believe this to be so. Possibly my friend is the exception… but I get the feeling he’s not. The publishers blurb indicates that it is a reference book and should be used as such… I guess this is all just opinion on my behalf and as I write in my personal brief blurb “Agree or disagree, all of this is just my opinion.” Finally I want to make it clear that I think this a great book and one of great interest… particularly if your wanting to check the spelling of the letter “C” or wanting to check out the use of the word “X” in The Rocky Horror Picture Show… seriously I do think it is a great book and of great interest. Why else would I write about it. <br />All the best and thanks again<br />Robinrobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296778162828375857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-13315211144104287422011-02-16T14:37:48.134-08:002011-02-16T14:37:48.134-08:00Bravo, sir! You are a maverick in the very best se...Bravo, sir! You are a maverick in the very best sense of the word. Unencumbered by the rules and traditions of ordinary language, your argument shakes the very foundations of literacy and reason. Where others cower before the arrogant, popular definitions of "dictionary, or "book," you remain defiant, and altogether unwilling to capitulate. <br /><br />So many have misinterpreted the true nature of Mr. Conley's book (Publishers Weekly, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Associated Press, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, "Top 100 Dictionary Sites," Daily Mail and Guardian, etc.) yet you have somehow managed to rise above their mediocrity. <br /><br />Bravo I say!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04859530401387529094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-40200815312385140002011-02-15T14:39:57.953-08:002011-02-15T14:39:57.953-08:00As I understand your argument (or perhaps it is No...As I understand your argument (or perhaps it is No. 2's argument), a key premise is that a "proper" dictionary must contain the definitions for any word entry on a single page (or perhaps some number of pages fewer than eight -- as you wrote your objection, "to get a meaning you need to read 8 pages of text"). If you search for the word "set" on dictionary.com, you'll see that the word has over 100 definitions. So by extension, you would be forced to admit that either (1) dictionary.com is not a dictionary, or (2) the word "set" is not a word. I'm frankly dumbfounded by the logic here.Eidolonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974898524227123251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-78758321205421630902011-02-15T14:15:34.045-08:002011-02-15T14:15:34.045-08:00I sure do hope your definition of "dictionary...I sure do hope your definition of "dictionary" doesn't reach the ears of Ammon Shea, author of _Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages_, since he read the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, for enjoyment!Eccentric Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316310165037320995noreply@blogger.com