Talk:Chambers Dictionary
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I thought I might removeobumbrate from the list of piquancies - it seems rather ordinary.John Wheater09:10, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The on-line dictionary doesn't have much of a sense of humour; I copied the Chambers definition of "éclair" straight from that into the body text: "a long cake of choux pastry with a cream filling and chocolate or coffee icing". Andit, apparently, is drawn from the 21st Century Dictionary. So what of the claim that the Johnson-esque definitions were re-instated? Or are they still in the Chambers Dictionary, of which the C21 is a sort of straight version?Wooster(talk)14:04, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The first edition was 1786. MDCCLXXXVI. In four volumes. [unsigned comment by 194.73.99.6, 16:43, 17 February 2007]
Can someone check this is a noun definition in the paper copy? It looks like the definition of an adjective to me.The Wednesday Island12:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The number of definitions given as examples looks a bit excessive to me. -86.142.109.20923:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why has Chambers changed from the-is- spellings to-iz- spellings? I have an old 20th century Chambers from 1983 which uses the-is- spellings, but the new versions (especially the online version) uses the-iz- spellings. Why have they changed? --203.220.170.184 (talk)14:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The article says:
William Chambers and Robert Chambers,the original writers of The Chambers Dictionary, lived in a small town in the Scottish Borders called Peebles.
And:
Originally published in 1901 as Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary...
Both brothers were dead by 1901. Were they really the original writers?—Precedingunsigned comment added byTwirlip (talk •contribs)09:57, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Originally published in 1901 as Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, the dictionary is widely used by British crossword solvers and setters, and by Scrabble players.
Where does this come from? TheChambers Dictionary is a different item from theirTwentieth Century Dictionary, now rebranded the21st Century Dictionary, as a quick look at the website proves. SeeWooster's comment above.Flapdragon (talk)21:36, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
