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Lexicographer . TIME's Best Twitter Feeds. Public radio jazz host . Closet trumpet player. Dictionary ambassador.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    9 Apr 2013

    Most English speakers accept the fact that the language changes over time, but don’t accept the changes made in their own time.

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    6 hours ago

    Who would you choose to host a game show designed in your lexicographical honor? The ever affable and charming , Editor at Large of - who else?? Webster's War of the Words, April 14, 2018,

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  3. 8 hours ago

    The free dictionary app is nominated for a Webby! () Please vote here now:

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  4. 11 hours ago

    A very detailed 13-page pamphlet about the editorial process at from 1959.

    3 replies 2 retweets 38 likes
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  5. 15 hours ago

    TRUTH

    Replying to @kakau
    have you ever noticed that the word “prequel” is, itself, a prequel
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  6. Apr 3

    Identity and the hyphen: a deep dive into copy editing and culture from the one and only in . " "Drop the Hyphen in Asian American"

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    Apr 3

    I wonder if 14th century pedants had arguments about whether 'discover' and 'uncover' were both really necessary and couldn't we make do with just one or the other.

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  8. Apr 3

    I love that iPhone autocorrect was apparently designed for etymologists.

    Why would my iPhone autocorrect a slight misspelling of "decision" to "Frisian"? Wouldn't the autocorrect be based on probability? How many people are spelling "Frisian" v. "decision"!?
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  9. Apr 3

    "His father read to the family from the Bible on his knees, and young Henry seems to have worked out how to read, and when he was first given a book to read for himself, he held it upside down." Terrific interview with editor Peter Gilliver.

    We've all seen it, used it and perhaps even rely on it – but how much do we really know about the Oxford English Dictionary?
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  10. Apr 2

    I keep thinking that Dennis Franz needs a role in the next Tarantino film or something.

    "If not for [NYPD Blue's] Andy Sipowitz, there’s no Tony Soprano. No Dexter. No Walter White. And if not for Steven Bochco, quality television would have been a longer time coming," says TV critic David Bianculli. Listen:
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  11. Apr 2

    My chat with about the dictionary's past, present, and future:

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    Apr 1

    Happy Easter! Here's how to know what's a bunny, a hare, or a rabbit.

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  13. Mar 30

    Some of my best friends write books with words arranged in alphabetical order.

    Writing tip: Write words in the order you intend them to be read, NOT in alphabetical order. 21st century readers don't have the attention span to assemble a story from its words, as they did in the days of Dick Moby, Heights Wuthering, and And Peace War.
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  14. Mar 30

    Ouch.

    You say Carmina And I say Burana, You say Burana And I say Carmina, Burana, Carmina Carmina, Burana, Let's Carl the whole thing Orff.
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    Mar 30

    I can never keep them straight.

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  16. Mar 30

    Good stuff from in on Webster, with quotes from and .

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  17. Mar 30

    Chicago airport sighting of 's book in paperback!

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  18. Mar 29

    Vocabulary acquisition researcher discusses his new book "The Grammar Answer Key" at .

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  19. Mar 29

    Lake Michigan into the fog, from Chicago.

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  20. Mar 28

    Chicago sax great Mike Smith plays burning bop and a program of Cannonball Adderley tunes at Andy's. (He was also Frank Sinatra's lead alto player for years.)

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  21. Mar 28

    Good to be back at in Chicago, where I'm talking about "the dictionary as data" to teachers of English.

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