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Noah Webster LDR 10.24.12

Straight From the Hart By Joan Rowden Hart One of the casualties of our addiction to technology and its related gadgets is the printed dictionary.  I used to keep one at my desk in the law office and in my home office, too, and I used them almost daily.  I always wanted to be sure I was using the appropriate word for whatever I was trying to say. Now an entry from the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary magically appears each day in my email both on my computer and my cell phone and I play a game with myself to be sure I know the exact meaning and pronunciation of the “Word of the Day”. And when I read my Kindle, all I have to do is click on any word in the text about which I have questions, and the pronunciation, spelling, and all the varied meanings appear instantly on my Kindle screen. When I’m writing a manuscript and need to check a word I just type it in the search box on my computer screen and all the information I need appears immediately. But everything still g