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The Meaning of Everything - The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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The Meaning of Everything - The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history,' was the verdict
of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The
Oxford English Dictionary was finally published. With its 15,490
pages and nearly two million quotations, it was indeed a monumental
achievement, gleaned from the efforts of hundreds of ordinary and
extraordinary people who made it their mission to catalogue the
English language in its entirety. In The Meaning of Everything,
Simon Winchester celebrates this remarkable feat, and the
fascinating characters who played such a vital part in its
execution, from the colourful Frederick Furnivall, cheerful
promoter of an all-female sculling crew, to James Murray,
self-educated son of a draper, who spent half a century guiding the
project towards fruition. Along the way we learn which dictionary
editor became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The
Wind in the Willows, and why Tolkien found it so hard to define
'walrus'. Written by the bestselling author of The Surgeon of
Crowthorne and The Map That Changed the World, The Meaning of
Everything is an enthralling account of the creation of the world's
greatest dictionary.
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