Oxford English Dictionary (OED) CD version

I am considering purchasing OED CD version. Is it compatible with Snow Lep? Know of someone who has first hand experience using this dictionary software that you could refer me to?
Thanks
Macdvm

Oxford's website doesn't have much on feedback about this product.
Essentially I am looking for some feedback, hopefully a thumbs up, and then I'll shell out.
Cheers,
macdvm

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Install Oxford English dictionary

Can anyone tell me why we don't have Oxford English dictionary spell checking on Macs and only have American English.
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I have it in mine?
Regards,
Colin R.

HT2693 Why is my Oxford English Dictionary app is not properly registered in my iStore account?

ODE won't update. Why is my Oxford English Dictionary app is not properly registered in my iStore account? I purchased it and updated it at least once before. Now, when I select the app it flashes an "Update Now - OK" request/message. However, it does not update when I select OK. Any suggestions ?

@Winston Churchill. That would be simple enough as he spent the night here with my son and very likely went online with Firefox. Advantages and disadvantages of that one.
What makes this even more interesting is that I let my son use my iPhone for several months. I discovered that he registered my iPhone on his account and using my name. My iPhone does still show up on his/my (?) account. The iPad does not Here's the schematic as it it was:
[email protected]     His PW     NewName   MyiPhone[same serial number]     FMI Offline
[email protected]                My PW     MyName     MyiPhone[same serial number]     FMI Offline
                                                                                MyiPad                                       FMI Offline
12 hours after theft:
[email protected]     HisPW     NewName     MyiPhone [same serial number]     FMI Offline
[email protected]                My PW     MyName      No Devices
I thought it might have been the 2 account/1 device problem but it's worked for awhile. So..
WHAT NEXT? (I did find the IMEI and IMEID in my backup in iTunes by the way-can't validate for some reason).

Is there a New Oxford English Dictionary?

Hello,
My iMac came with a New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus. Should an iMac purchased in the UK have the English versions?
Simon

My iMac came with a New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus. Should an iMac purchased in the UK have the English versions?
No, OS X is the same no matter where it is sold. Of course a new Mac will have OS X 10.5, which includes a Japanese dictionary and some other features, and also allows others to be added.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/04/roadto_mac_os_x_leopard_dictionary_20.html
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-dictionaries-for-leopards.html

Shorter Oxford English Dictioanry 6th Edition CD-ROM

For everyday purpose, I am pretty satisfied with Mac OS X's built-in Dictionary based on the New Oxford American Dictionary. It is up-to-date and has good coverage of colloquial North American English. But I am considering the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 6th Edition on CD-ROM because I need a dictionary drawing more on literary and historical examples and giving more emphasis to serious written English than everyday spoken English.
I am posting this message because I want to know in terms of layout, if the SOED on CD-ROM is as pleasing and easy to use as Mac OS X's Dictionary. Is it "Mac-like"? Well, anyway I just want to know if it is user-friendly and if it is better to have the 2-volume hardcover edition or the CD-ROM version.
Thank you.

The SOED for Mac was probably created using Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. If so, then it will be at least relatively nice to look at and to use. At one point (OS8 - Classic), I was using the full-blown OED on my machines (I don't know if they make a Mac version of the full OED anymore), and it was a little ugly and clunky, but a very fine resource, nevertheless.)

Successfully installed Firefox on my new laptop, transferred folders etc. I cannot find a British English dictionary to download to version 31.1.

Successfully installed Firefox on my new laptop, transferred folders etc. I cannot find a British English dictionary to download to version 31.1., running on Windows 8. help, plese.

''Naeem [[#answer-669741|said]]''
<blockquote>
First of all, you're using Firefox 34.0.5 as your details say.
This addon called "[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-/?src=search British English Dictionary]" is the most used addon currently.
Reply if this doesn't help.
</blockquote>
Naeem, Thank you, point taken about the version number - I simply saw the download page state that each of the dictionaries I tried said "Not available for 31.1.0". What actually happens is that any of the dictionaries I download are not recognised by Thunderbird. The spell-check pane appears, but does not highlight any misspelt word nor give any suggested replacement. I have found a dictionary downloaded to "My documents/ Downloads" but when I double click it the system cannot open an "xpi" file. Is this because I do not have Windows XP but Windows8. I also checked the download site for "Other versions" which all say not suitable for my system
? I fearI am confused! PS the spell checking has just worked on this message!

UK English Dictionary

Hi, Is there a UK English dictionary I could setup to use with my Macbook Pro, as oppose to the US version that's default?
Regards,
Mont

You may look at:
http://dictionary.oed.com/news/
You will be offered to subscribe to the Oxford Dictionary Online.
Searching in Google maybe you will fing a third product which you may install on your machine.
In the two first googled pages I didn't find such a product but one never knows.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 1 aoqt 2008 16:41:14)

Using iphone 5c. Having trouble with the built in dictionary. I need to download japanese to english dictionary every time when I want to use it. English to english dictionary works perfectly.

I am using iphone 5c with ios version 7.0.4.
language- English
I am having trouble to use Japanese to English dictionary in iBooks.
Although I can use oxford english to english dictionary.
But cant use Japanese to English dictionary or Japanese dictionary in it.
When I search any English meaning for Japanese word in iBooks ,
a page show up with "No definition found" in middle of the screen
and "Mange" "Search Web" on two different lower corner side of the screen.
If I download the dictionary from "manage" I can use that before locking the screen..
When I unlock the screen and try to use Japanese to English dictionary again in IBooks it does not work.

I think this is a bug apple needs to fix. Tell them via
http://www.apple.com/feedback

English dictionary has disappeared with mountain lion (a complaint from Spain)

Hi,
I'm a Spanish Mac user and was a fond user of the excellent built-in English dictionary that came with Lion and with former operating systems. A couple of days ago I installed the new Mountain Lion and noticed that the former English dictionary had been replaced by a school-level Spanish dictionary. I felt betrayed and dumped, as I encountered no warning during installation that this was going to happen. And of course the Mountain Lion reviews I had read in the past weeks did not mention this problem, as it does not affect users from English-speaking countries. Has anyone experienced the same problem? What can I do? I have tried to recover and install a former version of the Dictionary app, but I haven't succeeded yet.
Besides, since I installed Mountain Lion Mail has become so slow that I now prefer checking email on the website. The connection between Mail and the new Address Book (now called Contacts) is also incredibly slow. In sum: the bunch of new iPad-inspired applications that are included in Mountain Lion definitely come with too many disadvantages. Sincerely, I wouldn't recommend to install it, unless these inconveniences are solved. Please, Apple, solve them quickly. This is just a disgrace.
Best,
Marta

martagq wrote:
the former English dictionary had been replaced by a school-level Spanish dictionary.
That is not the case for any standard installation. Everyone should have all the old dictionaries, plus Spanish, German, and Chinese.
Have you gone to the Preferences of Dictionary.app and made sure all the boxes are checked?

Does it have other-than english dictionary?

hello
i wonder if Leopard comes with more other-than-english-dictionary...
Mac Dictionary is very useful because one can simply press ctrlcmmdD under any app and have words looked up... so i'd like to have other than english words looked up quickly...
or if anyone knows of other 3rd party dictionaries working with Mac's dictionary... i'd appreciate your help...
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With the data I have I think English is nor the first either the second in terms of first language, but combining those people who speak it as second language to people who use it as first, it cames to the second-first position. In terms of people who have to use it, English is, by far, the first, as in the internet (English-Chinese-Spanish) and in terms of influence (English-French-Spanish). For me, as many other spanish people, is a great help to have a English dictionary (a good one) included in the OS. Maybe it's more useful than having the spanish one, but it would be a good step to integrate some other like RAE of Spanish, and I think it's not dificult, since the dictionary is done, as the Oxford one.
A note: Chinese is not only Mandarin but the amalgam of dialects derivated called standard Chinese.

English - english dictionary doesn't work

I have Firefox 32 and Windows 7. My add-ons manager says that English - English Dictionary 1.5 is installed, but it isn't working. There's no "ABC" icon and clicking a word does nothing. What am I doing wrong?

You may try to uninstall and get the latest version. If you are still experiencing the problem, please try any other dictionary alternatives

Datacleanse name parsing for the English dictionary

I am using the person_firm_en (English) dictionary for name parsing (Datacleanse for Data Services XI) for Canada data. There are many situations where the full name consists of 3 names and datacleanse parses the 2nd and the 3rd name into the 'family name' field. Thus, instead of parsing the 2nd name into the given_name2 field, it puts it with the last name into the family_name field. Some examples are:
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family_name - Graham Leitch
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Does anyone have any other suggestions or any rule/code that you have implemented to handle such situations?

Shenaz,
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1 Have 5 other functions, to pull out First, Middle, and Last names of persons 1 and 2. They look very similar, the only different part being the last section where the word pattern is analyzed and the decision is made as to which word is to be returned.
I could get you code for the others if it would help.
#prep
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$word_3 = '';
$word_4 = '';
$word_5 = '';
$word_6 = '';
$word_7 = '';
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$word_3 = nvl( word( $working_string, 3 ), '');
$word_4 = nvl( word( $working_string, 4 ), '');
$word_5 = nvl( word( $working_string, 5 ), '');
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begin
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end
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$word_count = 2;
end
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begin
$word_count = 3;
end
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begin
$word_count = 4;
end
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begin
$word_count = 5;
end
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begin
$word_count = 6;
end
if ($word_7 != '')
begin
$word_count = 7;
end
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begin
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end
if ($word_count = 5 AND $word_4 = '&')
begin
    $return_string = $word_3;
end
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begin
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end
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begin
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begin
    $return_string = $word_2;
end
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begin
    $return_string = $word_2;
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Hello ! Is there any offline English to English dictionary for blackberry 7 devices ?

Hello . I am looking for an app (English to English dictionary ) that doesn't have to go online to search for the results . I am a professional writer and looking online for definitions takes up a lot of time and energy . Any suggestions !

iWeb has no Italian version.
The language setting on your computer determines the language that is used.
Change the language settings on your computer or use this :
http://www.tj-hd.co.uk/en-gb/languageswitcher/

Why can't I install the British English Dictionary?

I get the message "British English Dictionary could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 4.0".
I'm trying to install the most recent version, Version 1.19.1, dated December 5, 2010, and supposed to work with Firefox 2.0b1 - 4.0.*.
The Release Notes state "This release updates the installer for compatibility with the new extension packaging format in Firefox 4 ".
But still it won't install and I'm stuck with the US dictionary. Anyone got any idea why?
I'm running Firefox 4.0 on Windows XP SP3

Are you installing the dictionary from the add-ons site?
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary/

Concise english dictionary: profanity filter

I had the CED (Concise English Dictionary) installed in my i-Phone 3G and had access to the full dictionary by unchecking the "profanity" filter in "Settings." When I upgraded to i-Phone v.3.0 the dictionary was censored and the filter uncheck is no longer available. The response I got from CED is: "Apple rejected our application because of the profanity filter (stating that "applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind"). However, we can put the profane words back in the next release because the new OS version has parental control feature. However, apple is not quite consistent on this, sometimes they reject application even if they have the right ratings."
It is absurd that Apple is assuming the role of morality judges, with all the garbage in the web. Profane words are part of the full spectrum of language -- and harmless. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON?

I sympathise. There have been a few cases recently that have highlighted some significant inconsistencies in how the Apps store judges whether to host an app (Nine Inch Nails for one)
I think it's more to do with how the review process operates (Apple provide guidelines, but individual reviews - possibly outsourced - have latitude to exercise their own discretion) than with a deliberate policy.
Doesn't help you a fat lot. I suggest contacting some of the better known Apple commentators (Pogue, Gruber, Mossberg etc; maybe Macworld). They're usually pretty good at raising the profile of issues such as this.

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