Tuesday, September 21, 2004

It's a Good Thing

Every once in a while, I forget how to spell something in Spanish or English and must reach for the dictionary. But the dictionary is too far away or too bulky. Damn, I wish there was a way to look up a word on the computer. The internet genie heard me; poof, there it was www.dictionary.com

Now I can just open another window and look up my word. This site also translates English to Spanish. Very helpful so I don't have to ask dad, "Como se dice esto en espanol?"
There are dictionaries in French, Italian, & etc. Be still my heart- a MEDICAL dictionary! A good thing, indeed.

Anyone know how to get the squiggle over the n or how to get accents in my spanish words using my keyboard?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you use a pc the following should work, I think the codes vary in macs but I'm not sure.

alt+164=ñ
alt+160=á
alt+130=é
alt+161=í
alt+163=ú

Anonymous said...

If you use a pc the following should work, I think the codes vary in macs but I'm not sure.

alt+164=ñ
alt+160=á
alt+130=é
alt+161=í
alt+162=ó
alt+163=ú

dr.v (Not a narcotic Pez dispenser) said...

Dang! It doesn't work on my keyboard. There must be a manual for this thing somewhere in my house.