Quotes about dictionaries (50 quotes)
It would seem that a dictionary is an ordinary book where many words are collected, their spelling, meaning, origin, and so on are explained.
But in fact, a dictionary is much more than just a book. Thanks to dictionaries, a person develops memory and logic. Previously, ordinary paper dictionaries were popular, but now they are more electronic translators. This section contains quotes about dictionaries. Dmitry Nikolaevich, why do you have some words in your dictionary that are Soviet and others that are non-Soviet? - How so? “Well, look: take - sov., and take - unsov.”
Strictly speaking, a dictionary is a book in the broadest sense of the word. All other books are contained in it: the point is to extract them from it.
Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.
God alone can compile a perfect dictionary.
Some dictionaries lack the word of honor.
Dear Lika, you pulled the word egoism out of the dictionary of foreign words and treat me with it in every letter. Name your dog this word.
Dictionaries are like watches. Even the worst ones are better than none, and even the best ones cannot be expected to be absolutely accurate.
A dictionary is the Universe arranged in alphabetical order.
We must forever erase two words from our vocabulary: gratitude and charity.
Two things are especially difficult: writing a dictionary and writing a grammar.
Even the greatest masterpiece of literature is just a disordered dictionary.
The dictionary tells you a lot more about words than you need, but not what you need.
I have seen such nonsense, compared to which this nonsense is like an explanatory dictionary.
Minister Goebbels excluded Heinrich Heine from the encyclopedic dictionary. One is given power over the word, the other over the dictionary.
All other authors may wish to be praised; the lexicographer may only wish to avoid reproaches.
I love dictionaries. I love them not only for their great benefits, but also for everything that is beautiful and majestic in them.
I don’t like an empty dictionary, Love words and pitiful expressions: “You are mine”, “Yours”, “I love”, “Forever yours”. I don't like slavery.
A word can offend, a dictionary can hurt.
To call a spade a spade, it is enough to look at things realistically! What dictionaries and advisers are not authoritative about.
Strictly speaking, a dictionary is a book in the broadest sense of the word. All other books are contained in it: the point is to extract them from it.
The compiler of a dictionary is not a guide to the language, but a servant, its servant.
Difficulty is the retribution of constancy - Satan's Dictionary.
For a writer, changing languages is like writing a love letter with a dictionary.
Poet, covering everything with obscenities, do not create. From expressions not included in dictionaries.
If you add five new words a month to your vocabulary, then within a year your friends will say: who is he really pretending to be?
Poetry is a flow of joy, pain, amazement and a small fraction of words from the dictionary.
Explaining the origin of life on earth only by chance is like explaining the origin of a dictionary by an explosion in a printing house.
Take the beaten path as early as possible: Don’t change your habits. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference between Shakespeare and you is not the size of the vocabulary, but the number of idioms.
Learning about life through aphorisms is as difficult as learning a foreign language by reading dictionaries.
Anyone who has memorized the English-Russian dictionary knows the English-Russian language.
A dictionary is not only a product of national culture, a treasury of language. Many dictionaries serve as a powerful tool for improving speech culture, the most effective means of pursuing a targeted and scientifically based language policy.
Mutual love is a constant updating of the vocabulary in the name of the same freedom to be together as to be stupid due to innocence.
He had such an extensive vocabulary that some of it was not even included in dictionaries.
Only God can compile a perfect dictionary.
People are like dictionaries: not everyone is smart.
I like to study dictionaries to see how many words I'm missing. I like the sound of some words. For example, “pompom” sounds great!
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The number of facts and works is growing so quickly that in the near future it will be necessary to reduce everything to extracts and dictionaries.
Vocabulary does not always and does not help everyone form speech, but a supply of pickles and preserves, coupled with homemade liqueur.
Many people have a whole vocabulary that frees them from thought: it consists of words that express little, and therefore can be applied to anything. These are labels on empty bottles.
Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary defines patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel. We take the liberty of calling this refuge the first.
A dictionary is a book of books.
We must love dictionaries, because they are treasure troves of language.
A dictionary of the Russian language is one of the most necessary reference books for every educated person.
If a woman loves a man, he can read her even the Encyclopedic Dictionary from the end
Dictionary: malicious literary invention; it serves to stop the development of language and deprive it of flexibility.
Don't be afraid to look in the dictionary. This is a lush ravine, not a sad abyss.
The ability to use speech and a rich vocabulary is, in my opinion, also an exciting quality. Erotic.
Trying to embrace the world of today, we draw from the vocabulary that developed in the world of yesterday.
When science lacks arguments, it expands its vocabulary.
Curious facts about dictionaries
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Today we decided to tell you about the kingdom of our closest “relatives” - dictionaries and encyclopedias, domestic, foreign, universal and special, large and small; ancient, like the old woman history itself, and young, like a blossoming flower. For many hundreds of years, encyclopedias and dictionaries have faithfully served people, helping them understand “who is who” in this world, how to pronounce and what this or that word means, how an electron differs from a positron, how a space rocket is made, and even what rhyme can be used match, for example, to the word “tow” (remember how the poet Tsvetik, famous throughout the Flower City, struggled with this, trying to prove that rhyme is very simple?).
Words are like building blocks of the universe
Let's talk about dictionaries. First of all, a dictionary is a book. But the book is special. With dictionaries, at first glance, everything seems to be clear: this is a kind of collection of words arranged in a certain order, with explanations designed to explain to the reader how this or that word is spelled, or what it means. Today there are many dictionaries; just listing their varieties can take several pages. We will return to this later, but for now let’s find out when the first dictionary was born? Scientists do not have an exact answer to this question. It is not even in the best and most complete encyclopedia. True, an encyclopedia is also a dictionary. Only, as a rule, it is very detailed and large. In the meantime, let's try to figure out what a dictionary is? We have already given a definition to a dictionary, the main thing of which was that a dictionary is a book. Consequently, it could only arise when books appeared. Most likely, the first dictionary appeared in Ancient China. It's not surprising. In China, writing arose earlier than in many other nations, and most importantly, it was there that they learned how to make paper a long time ago. This material turned out to be very convenient for writing and drawing. Pictures printed on thick paper with black ink or paints turn out very clear and bright, and neatly folded or rolled paper can be stored almost indefinitely. She is only afraid of water and fire.
What types of dictionaries are there?
There are so many dictionaries in the world! However, all their endless variety can be divided into two main types - linguistic and encyclopedic dictionaries. We’ll talk about what an encyclopedia is later, but what is linguistics? Linguistics (linguistics; from the Latin lingua - language) is the science that studies languages. People who deal with it professionally are called linguists. In linguistic dictionaries, entries that explain something to us are usually short. Most often they are arranged in alphabetical order and contain exclusively linguistic information. In encyclopedias or encyclopedias, articles are also arranged in alphabetical order (although not always), but they are detailed here, in some cases even very detailed. They talk about scientific concepts, terms, historical events, personalities, geography, etc. The encyclopedic dictionary does not contain grammatical information about a word, but provides information about the subject denoted by a particular word. But in everyday life, we more often have to deal with a more practical division of a large “family” of dictionaries into groups. In fact: there are spelling dictionaries that will show how this or that word is spelled; dictionaries of accents that will help you pronounce this or that word correctly; dictionaries of foreign words that explain to us what this or that word borrowed from other languages means. There are many translator dictionaries: Russian-English and English-Russian, Russian-French, Russian-Chinese, etc. and so on. And there are also dictionaries of synonyms, antonyms, epithets, special dictionaries issued for professionals - engineers, geologists, biologists, chemists, etc. Some reference books can rightfully be classified as dictionaries: “Handbook of Mechanical Designer”, “Handbook of Technician-Geologist” etc. But any of the listed dictionaries will still be either linguistic or encyclopedic. Sometimes dictionaries are devoted to the most unexpected topics. There is, for example, a dictionary of astronomers. Astronoms are the general names of stars, constellations, planets, galaxies, asteroids... Such a dictionary was published in Russia in 2010, and it contains many local names of astronomical objects. With its help you can find out that the same constellation has many names. Let's take, for example, the most famous constellation in the Northern Hemisphere - Ursa Major. This name is a translation from Latin Ursa Major. But on the Don it is called Arba, and in the Vepy district of the Arkhangelsk region this constellation is often called the Wolf. Local peasants said: “As soon as the wolf stands on 4 paws, it is necessary to sow.” But the most common name for the Ursa is Ladle. It is found everywhere in Russia. The famous dictionary The dictionary is a comrade and brother to the dictionary, but at the same time, the dictionary is different! Such a slogan could probably decorate the entrance to some publishing house specializing in the production of dictionaries. Indeed, all dictionaries are the same at first glance, but among them there are “ordinary” dictionaries, and there are famous ones that became famous many years ago, and since then have enjoyed the well-deserved respect of readers. Which dictionaries have earned the right to be called “famous”? In Russia, the “Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language” in 4 volumes, or, as it is more often called by the name of its creator, “Dal’s Dictionary,” first published in St. Petersburg in 1863-1866, certainly deserves such fame. Since then, it has been reprinted many times, but over these 150 years it has not lost either its relevance or its significance. But before I tell you about this dictionary, let’s devote a few words to its creator. Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (1801-1872) - a descendant of the Dane who moved to Russia, a famous Russian scientist, doctor, writer and language expert, a friend of A.S. Pushkin, who, as they say, advised him not to abandon the matter halfway and be sure to compile this wonderful dictionary. Dal was not only an expert in Russian literary and everyday language. All his life he collected folklore - Russian fairy tales, songs, sayings and jokes, and left as a legacy to other scientists many “regional” expressions and words that did not go beyond the boundaries of a certain geographical area. He knew at least 12 languages, and his “Dictionary” is considered not just a dictionary, but a real encyclopedia of Russian life. Working on your dictionary V.I. Dahl dedicated 53 years of his life! So what is this famous dictionary? It is impossible to talk about it in detail - you can only use it to supplement your knowledge and broaden your horizons. Dahl's dictionary contains about 200 thousand words and 30 thousand proverbs, sayings, riddles and jokes that explain to us the meaning of the words given. It contains many words that are used only in popular, colloquial speech, and how many words and expressions there are that you and I and our ancestors had never heard before Dahl! This dictionary also does something that dictionaries, in general, are not supposed to do: it teaches! Dahl's dictionary can never be “completely finished” - after all, it is a dictionary of a “living language”. For his titanic work, Dahl received the Lomonosov Prize, was awarded a medal and was elected an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. But most importantly, he remained forever in the memory of posterity, and his dictionary became a reference book for many generations of Russians! Butina Alisa, librarian of branch No. 13 named after. I. Turgeneva, Tel: 236-96-83.
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One day Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov (1900 - 1964) came with his colleagues to Leningrad. At the station I asked the taxi driver to take them to the Academy. This meant, of course, the Leningrad branch of the Academy of Sciences. The taxi stopped in front of... theological academy. The driver clearly thought: where else could such a handsome man with a gray beard and old-fashioned manners go? No other than a priest.
Sergei Ozhegov actually had priests in his family: his mother was the grandniece of Archpriest Gerasim Petrovich Pavsky, the author of the book “Philological Observations on the Composition of the Russian Language.” And he himself had deep respect for Orthodoxy. In his famous “Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language,” Ozhegov included many words that describe the phenomena of church culture, for which many colleagues took up arms against him.
However, Ozhegov generally had to listen to a lot of criticism. After all, he had the opportunity to compile the first in Russia, popular, one-volume, explanatory dictionary - a real “calling card” of Russian vocabulary. And opinions differed greatly about what words should be included there.
In Ozhegov’s obituary, Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky wrote: “Experiencing strong pressure both from defenders of cliched, clogging speech, and from stubborn retrograde purists, Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov did not yield to anyone. And this is quite natural, because the main characteristic of his charming personality is wise balance, calm, bright faith in science and in the Russian people, who will sweep away from their language everything false, superficial, ugly.”
“Evening” offers 9 interesting facts about Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov and his dictionary.
1. Sergei Ozhegov worked a lot to ensure that people pronounced words correctly: he edited the reference books “Russian Literary Pronunciation and Stress” (1955), “Correctness of Russian Speech” (1962), and advised radio announcers. Meanwhile, his own last name was often pronounced incorrectly (“Ozhogov”), thinking that it comes from the word “burn.” In fact, it is derived from the word “ozheg” (with the emphasis on the first syllable) - this is what in the Urals they called a stick that was dipped into molten metal to see if it could be poured.
2. When Ozhegov was preparing for publication “Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language,” edited by D.N. Ushakov (he wrote more than a third of the articles), in the second half of the 1930s, the censor found fault with the word “mistress”: they say it has a “depraved meaning.” There is no such phenomenon in the Soviet Union! References to the fact that this word is found in Russian classics did not help. And Glavlit at that time was in Leningrad, and the censor, coming to Moscow, stayed with one woman. And Ozhegov caught him: and this lady, they say, who is your relation? A? The censor sighed and... waved his hand: leave your word, the fool is with you!
3. In the same Ushakov dictionary in the third volume, the word “intelligence” was accompanied by a huge quote that in capitalist countries state security agencies are hated by the working masses, but in our country, on the contrary, they are respected and loved by the people. This was a quote from the speech of the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs N.I. Yezhova. At the last moment, Ozhegov, by some inexplicable intuition, removed his last name, although the authorship of the quotes was necessarily indicated in the dictionary. For this they called him to the Lubyanka and began to find out how he knew that People's Commissar Yezhov had been removed? After all, this hasn’t even been reported in the newspapers yet!
4. Ozhegov was heavily criticized for including church vocabulary in his dictionary, and also for giving some words a neutral rating instead of a negative one. For example, the famous scientist Fedot Petrovich Filin wrote in a letter to Ozhegov (1950) that “apocalypse”, “lectern”, “iconostasis” are “dictionary corpses” that have no place in the Soviet lexicon. According to Filin, it was impossible to define “aristocracy” as “the highest, noblest layer of the ruling class, the nobility.” It was necessary to “emphasize the exploitative, parasitic character of the aristocracy.”
5. In the second edition of Ozhegov’s dictionary (1952), the word “Leningrader” appeared, although there were no names of residents of other cities. They ordered it to be inserted there to separate the words “lazy” and “Leninist” from each other.
6. Ozhegov’s dictionary helped one person get out of prison. The guy received a long sentence for rape. In his spare time, he took the fourth edition of the dictionary (1960) that had just arrived there from the prison library and looked up the meaning of the word “to rape.” He wrote a letter to the prison authorities that in his case there was no violence: everything was done by mutual consent and amicably, and the girl simply took revenge on him for refusing to marry her. The guy got the case reviewed and was released.
7. On Ozhegov’s initiative, in 1958, a Russian Language Help Service was created at the Russian Language Institute - a free consultation on issues related to the correctness of Russian speech.
8. During Ozhegov’s life, 6 editions of his dictionary were published: the second and fourth were revised, the rest were stereotypical. In March 1964, already seriously ill, he wrote an official appeal to the publishing house “Soviet Encyclopedia” stating that he found it inappropriate to continue publishing the dictionary in a stereotypical way. It is necessary to prepare a new edition: include new vocabulary, revise the definitions of some words, etc. The plans were not destined to come true: on December 15, 1964, Ozhegov died due to a medical error.
9. Since 1972, the dictionary began to be published under the editorship of student S.I. Ozhegova Natalia Yulievna Shvedova. From edition to edition, the dictionary increased and reached 80 thousand words. Since 1992, both names have appeared on the cover. Both Ozhegov’s heirs were indignant, to whom the publishing house did not pay them a fee (they have the right to this until 2014), and some linguists - due to the fact that the dictionary violated the principle of brevity and compactness formulated by Ozhegov, included archaisms and even explicitly profanity. For example, it has one very popular "g" word that rhymes with "long ago," a "f" word that rhymes with "Europe." In 2003, the “canonical” fourth edition of the 1960 dictionary (with minor updates) was published under the editorship of L.I. Skvortsova.
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