# WordReference Forums - any good?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordreference-forums-any-good/439838 "2008-03-02T13:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordreference-forums-any-good/439838/1 "2008-03-02T13:26:44Z")

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I was Googling the pronunciation of L’Occitane and came across this forum:

> **[WordReference Forums](https://forum.wordreference.com/)**
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> Active forums about languages and cultures.

I hung out a bit - seems useful; a good place to ask questions about language and grammar, both within and across languages. Any Dopers use it?

And, by the way, apparently it is “loxitan”…

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordreference-forums-any-good/439838/2 "2008-03-03T09:26:53Z")

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Yes! I have used it. For proper pronunciation of the name of the subject of my favorite poem, “Al Aaraaf” by Poe. The character’s name is Nesace, taken from the Greek, and I couldn’t figure out what rules of pronunciation it would follow. That was _such_ an erudite discussion, it warmed the cockles of my word-loving little heart. That was in the Greek-language forum.

Also, I went to the Italian-language forum to have translated a sentiment which I wished to express to an Italian-born online friend. They were most gracious and helpful.

I often go to the English-only forum to answer questions. They are mostly posted by ESL students who wish to understand a finer point of English. My finest hour, though, was probably my response to a UK person who had never heard “this will hit him where he lives”. Again, the discussions here can be just unbelievably smart and well-informed.

A lot like the SDMB! 🆒