The Dictionary People - Wikipedia The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is a 2023 book by Sarah Ogilvie The book examines the volunteer contributors who responded to public appeals by the Oxford English Dictionary for words
PEOPLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The words person and people are not related etymologically Person comes from Latin persona, meaning "actor's mask; character in a play; person," while people comes from Latin populus, meaning "the people "
The Dictionary People - Penguin Books UK Who knew such mysteries lay behind the Oxford English Dictionary? This is a fascinating, unique and original book which uncovers the people behind the words A jaw-dropping cross-section of society are revealed for the first time in all their complexity
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English . . . “Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED Philologists, fantasists, crackpots, criminals, career spinsters, suffragists, and Australians: here is a wonder book for word lovers ” —Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE - Kirkus Reviews Beginning in 1879, these men and women, from all over the world, had responded to a plea by the OED’s editor James Murray to submit words and their context for inclusion in the massive dictionary
Book Review: ‘The Dictionary People,’ by Sarah Ogilvie Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary
The Dictionary People - Google Books But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group