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What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?

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ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Dictionaries or lexicons. Who reads those from start to finish?

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IonAddis@lemmy.world
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I had a dictionary of etymology that I truly loved. Can’t say I’d read it from start to finish like a novel, it’s not meant to be used that way, but I did spend time jumping from word to word learning about their histories.

But I’m a writer so I’m one of the few that would genuinely be into that.

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pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz
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What was it called?

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RT Redréovič@feddit.ch
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To be honest. I did.

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richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one
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I found another of my kin.

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