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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ogilvie, Sarah, author.     Subjects     Oxford English dictionary.     Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.     English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.     English language -- Etymology.     Lexicographers -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ogilvie, Sarah, author.       by title:      The dictionary peopl...         MARC Display

The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie. by Ogilvie, Sarah, author. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. Subjects Oxford English dictionary.   Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.   English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.   English language -- Etymology.   Lexicographers -- Biography. ISBN:  9780593536407 (hardcover) : 0593536401 (hardcover) Description:  x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First American edition. Contents:  Introduction: Discovering the dictionary people -- A for archaeologist -- B for best contributor -- C for cannibal -- D for dictionary word nerds -- E for Europeans -- F for families -- G for glossotypists -- H for hopeless contributors -- I for inventors -- J for junkie -- K for kleptomaniac -- L for lunatics -- M for murderers -- N for New Zealanders -- O for outsiders -- P for pornographer -- Q for queers -- R for rain collectors -- S for suffragists -- T for tramps, the Sunday -- U for USA -- V for vicars (and vegetarians) -- W for women -- X for xenomaniacs (and Esperantists) -- Y for Yonge, Charlotte, and other novelists -- Z for zealots. Requests:  0 Summary:  A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 423.0922 Og Checked out 07/08/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.0922 Ogilvie Checked In   Add Copy to MyList CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.0922 Ogilvie Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.0922 Og Checked out 06/12/2024 Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.0922 Og Checked out 07/08/2024 Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.0922 Og Checked out 06/25/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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