Comments on: Love Song to a Dictionary

By: Levi Stribling

Levi Stribling — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:00:24 +0000

I wholeheartedly concur with the push for your audience to have exposure to Winchester’s The Professor and the Madman, but might I suggest that his follow-on book The Meaning of Everything serves as a resolute addendum to that work. The book works in Murray’s selection as the Chief Lexicographer to the OED as well as some of the major characters that played a role in the lexicography of the age. Winchester also introduces the reader to a brief insight into how what we call the English Language of today came about, the roots, per se.

By: Maeve

Maeve — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:51:50 +0000

Nick,
Thanks for the tip. I’ll look for it.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:28:23 +0000

Though I love The Professor and the Madman, The Meaning of Everything is a much better “history” of the OED, as it takes a much larger view than just the two characters in “Professor.”