Half-term mini-haul: Part 1.
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Half-term mini-haul: Part 1.
pickI like this more for it heroic read is how it shows the people involved are from all walks of life, and other parts of the world, where most of them had no expectation of being credited, receiving pay or a reward for their contribution to make the OED.
This is not a perfect read but for me an interesting one.
I'm really enjoying this, I had no idea that so many ordinary people helped to produce the OED 😊
It‘s #WeirdWordWednesday I‘m sharing the cover of the final book in a trilogy today. I‘ve previously shared the covers of the first two books, because the titles are all #WeirdWords, which I hope you all have enjoyed.
I‘m not sure why but I was thinking about the word table this morning and how it can be used as a verb. I thought, “Hmm, I wonder if there‘s a word for when we make a noun a verb.” Sure enough! The rhetorical term is anthimeria. Incidentally, I love the example of “turtling down the road.”
#weirdwordWednesdays #weirdwords @CBee
pickLight pick. Ogilvie gives voice to a number of the Dictionary People, employees and volunteers who collected words and definitions for the Oxford English Dictionary. I liked the set up of the book—each chapter is a letter of the alphabet and a topic starting with that letter. Some chapters are terrific, and others ramble a bit. This is not a boon to sit and read for hours on end; I found myself reading a chapter or two at a time.
#WeirdWordsWednesday This picture is the cover of a book I haven‘t read. It‘s actually the second book in a trilogy that I haven‘t read. But I really like the covers and the books sound interesting.
I don‘t have the book yet but I thought it would be fun to share the cover for #WeirdWordsWednesday.
