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Nuff said
Toby Lichtig
Online dictionaries offer up-to-the-minute versions of our evolving language, but only books can tell us what stands the test of time. |
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A logophile's asylum
Eric Korn
A new edition of the Chambers Dictionary is excellent on extraordinary words, broad-minded without being over eager - though it does fail the "Pavolova test". |
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Worth the space?
Eric Korn
LOST FOR WORDS. The hidden history of The Oxford English Dictionary. By Lynda Mugglestone. |
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Kill the placid pug
E. S. Turner
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. Sixth edition. Elizabeth Knowles, editor. |
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Pawky drudges
Henry Hitchings
THE DICTIONARY MEN. Their lives and times. R. W. Holder. |
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