Comments on: Favorite five-letter words http://blog.wordnik.com/favorite-five-letter-words Connecting people with meaning. Wed, 09 May 2012 19:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erin http://blog.wordnik.com/favorite-five-letter-words/comment-page-1#comment-450 Erin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:46:56 +0000 http://blog.wordnik.com/?p=249#comment-450 J.D.P -- thanks for the nice comment! We're glad you like Wordnik. Wordnik is like Wiki-projects in that there are multiple opportunities for members of the community to add information, but we differ in that we think the core part of the information about words -- how they are used -- must come from real-life examples. We like our examples to have been written without thinking about how they might be used in a dictionary, which is why we pull them from real text. I hope this helps! J.D.P — thanks for the nice comment! We’re glad you like Wordnik.

Wordnik is like Wiki-projects in that there are multiple opportunities for members of the community to add information, but we differ in that we think the core part of the information about words — how they are used — must come from real-life examples. We like our examples to have been written without thinking about how they might be used in a dictionary, which is why we pull them from real text.

I hope this helps!

]]> By: J. D. P. http://blog.wordnik.com/favorite-five-letter-words/comment-page-1#comment-448 J. D. P. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:01:08 +0000 http://blog.wordnik.com/?p=249#comment-448 I came here after the multiple NYT mentions. I like dictionaries of this sort. One particular thing I would like to know (for anyone who cares to answer) is what distinguishes this site from Wiktionary (other than that this is not a wiki). Old media tends to show Wikimedia projects very little respect, but this site seems sufficiently well-grassrooted for such a question not to be dismissed out of hand. I came here after the multiple NYT mentions. I like dictionaries of this sort. One particular thing I would like to know (for anyone who cares to answer) is what distinguishes this site from Wiktionary (other than that this is not a wiki). Old media tends to show Wikimedia projects very little respect, but this site seems sufficiently well-grassrooted for such a question not to be dismissed out of hand.

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