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The Dictionary People
The Dictionary People
Knowing a bit about rabbit holes, I know the importance of knowing when to stop. But I understand the impulse to keep going, for it’s unlikely that there will be another book about the OED’s Readers.
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The Dictionary People
OED life
OED life
This visit to the OED offices includes “astirbroad,” “burner phone,” and “what the what.”
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OED life
Blanchett’s OED
Blanchett’s OED
It’s not just Tom Hanks. Cate Blanchett, too, has the twenty-volume second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary on her bookshelves.
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Blanchett’s OED
Hanks’s OED
Hanks’s OED
Tom Hanks has the twenty-volume second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary on his bookshelves. As seen on Saturday Night Live tonight.
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Hanks’s OED
Word of the day: heirloom
Word of the day: heirloom
Long story short: an heirloom isn’t a weaving machine, nor is it something looming in the distance. Nor is it related to Erroll Garner, though the rights to “Misty” would be quite a heirloom.
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Word of the day: heirloom
OED wars
OED wars
Did an OED editor delete words with foreign origins?
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OED wars