DK Hindi English Visual Bilingual Dictionary

ploink · Jul 5th, 2008, 17:29

I really like these Indian charts too - they're fascinating. Thanks for sharing! Couldn't help but laugh at some of your comments - Mr. ploink came to see what' so funny.

Haylo · Jul 5th, 2008, 18:50

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Originally Posted by proxyindian

Indian Educational Charts we bought in Delhi. You can look at them here:

What a great set, thanks for uploading those. As I'm still trying to learn the devanagari characters, before making a start on learning Hindi, it's useful to see the English phonetic characters alongside on some of them.

proxyindian · Jul 5th, 2008, 19:15

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Originally Posted by ploink

I really like these Indian charts too - they're fascinating. Thanks for sharing! Couldn't help but laugh at some of your comments - Mr. ploink came to see what' so funny.

You're welcome. It was a full afternoon's project to take pictures of these. We have others but they're not as good.

I regularly rotate these charts on the bathroom wall.

proxyindian · Jul 5th, 2008, 19:16

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Originally Posted by Haylo

What a great set, thanks for uploading those. As I'm still trying to learn the devanagari characters, before making a start on learning Hindi, it's useful to see the English phonetic characters alongside on some of them.

Sometimes conjunct constonants are used in the posters and they throw me off.... but I like to practice what I can.

sannna · Jul 5th, 2008, 19:58

I have a set of these charts as well and I love them! A book that might interest you is: S. Rao (ed) et. al.,An Ideal Boy, Charts from India.
See: http://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Boy-Char.../dp/1899235833

There seems to be a difference between the North and the South in the style of the charts. In the South a main printing centre is Sivakasi, near Madurai.

See also: http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2002/1...0800570300.htm (An article from newspaper The Hindu from 2002 on this book.)

Haylo · Jul 5th, 2008, 20:01

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Originally Posted by proxyindian

I regularly rotate these charts on the bathroom wall.

Kids resources are great when I'm struggling with a new language, I used to have a Welsh alphabet poster "Afal, Balwyn, Cloc &c."

One day I aspire to speak a foreign language as well as a 3 year old, though they'd probably place less emphasis on the ability to order beer!

ploink · Jul 6th, 2008, 16:58

Ended up ordering a copy of An Ideal Boy: Charts from India too. Oh dear.

I remember seeing the book, might have been in Delhi...
I love books, and reading, and India, and I love shopping for books in India (and reading about India).

proxyindian · Jul 6th, 2008, 18:58

I have An Ideal Boy. John bought it for one of my birthdays. It's what brought my notice to Indian charts. This book is good at explaining things, I think. It's been a while since I've looked at it.... Okay, guess that's what I'll read today.

Maybe it's because I'm a children's librarian that I like educational materials for kids, especially foreign language and non-fiction. Much of what's published for kids here in the US is just so that they can get enough info to write a report, so the books are merely adequate. However, there are some that are above average. DK produces a lot that's very good for kids and I they've carried it over into what they do for adults.

proxyindian · Jul 6th, 2008, 19:02

How do I get a hold of the moderator for this forum? It's been brought to my attention that mispelled a word. In the title, I wrote "DK Hindi Egnlish Visual Bilingual Dictionary" instead of "DK Hindi English Visual Bilingual Dictionary". It was a typo in the word English. Can this be fixed or is it going to remain "Egnlish" forever? Thanks.

edwardseco · Jul 8th, 2008, 14:45

Nick is usually around. I didn't notice the error until I ran a search on it and came up with a blank..

brownboy66 · Jul 8th, 2008, 17:22

fixed.....

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sannna Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bombay Posts: 445	I have a set of these charts as well and I love them! A book that might interest you is: S. Rao (ed) et. al.,An Ideal Boy, Charts from India. See: http://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Boy-Char.../dp/1899235833 There seems to be a difference between the North and the South in the style of the charts. In the South a main printing centre is Sivakasi, near Madurai. See also: http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2002/1...0800570300.htm (An article from newspaper The Hindu from 2002 on this book.)

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