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| DNB Bilingual Triglot Groupie Finland Joined 4886 days ago 47 posts - 80 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, Estonian*, English | Message 57 of 57 28 November 2011 at 5:19pm | IP Logged |
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"For looking up unfamiliar characters there is another method called the four-corner
system. This method is very fast -- rumored to be, in principle, about as fast as alphabetic look-up (though I haven't met anyone yet who can hit the winning number each time on the first try). Unfortunately, learning this method takes about as much time and practice as learning the Dewey decimal system. Plus you are then at the mercy of the few dictionaries that are arranged according to the numbering scheme of the four-corner system. Those who have mastered this system usually swear by it. The rest of us just swear." This always gets me. I love to read this article every now and then. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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