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This is a lyrical,evocative book.Esme spent her childhood capturing word slips that floated from the table where Lexicographers,including her Da sat,making decisions about which words merited inclusion in the Oxford English. Dictionary. Overtime,she noted that words spoken by the common people or women were not included.She spent her life chasing down those very words.🔽
kspenmoll 🔼This book sent me down the research rabbit hole which was fun. https://www.murrayscriptorium.org/commentaries/com-women-contributors.shtml (edited) 9mo
kspenmoll https://www.murrayscriptorium.org/commentaries/com-women-authors.shtml 9mo
Andrew65 Always love it when a book leads you down research rabbit holes. 9mo
kspenmoll @Andrew65 Yes!💜 9mo
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