How do I find out where 'other' is on my hard drive?

Firstly, sorry if this sounds stupid to all the technological people out there. Cause I'm really not - only got my Macbook Pro a month ago!
Alerts have been popping up saying that my hard drive is full and that I need to free some space asap or it could cause permanent damage.
I deleted all my music and photos and put everything into an external drive because I only really need my laptop for uni work anyway.
Even after I did that however, it still says that I only have 47.4BG free out of 120.47GB! 'Other' seems to be taking up 47.13GB but I have no idea how to find it/get rid of it! I googled it and tried to find the printer drivers and language packs but they don't seem to be taking up much space at all.
What should I do? Obviously those alerts don't come up anymore but I thought now that I've deleted all my stuff from it I might as well sort out this 'Other' thing too.
Thanks a lot

Here is a decent article on how to track down what is taking up space on you hard disk drive: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/10/mac-101-six-steps-for-tracking-down-hard-drive-sp ace-hogs/
Good luck, and happy hunting.

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