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Old 12-07-2007, 10:30 AM   #91
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Re: Defining "Aikido"

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Erick Mead wrote: View Post
For bilingual dictionaries, I would say that applies double (or is it squared?)
Given that I am not wont to quote bilingual dictionaries when discussing the Japanese language, and have always argued for contextual, idiomatic understanding of it, an interesting question to ask might be why I would so heartily approve of Carl's quoting strings of definitions from J-E dictionaries.

Regardless of that, insomuch as Mr. Bierce's statements about dictionaries in general may be true, I'm afraid that bilingual dictionaries by their nature have absolutely zero effect on their constituent languages.

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