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the Secret Life of Dictionaries
Jan 07, 2018KateHillier rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I picked this up thinking it was a history of dictionaries rather than the experiences of one person who works for Merriam-Webster but it was a wonderful trip down the wormhole of lexicography and those who practice it. Grammar nerds have nothing on the people who write definitions and answer complaints from people contesting them. Fascinating trip and I certainly will not look at any dictionary the same way again!