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Spelling it out: the volunteers who made the dictionary

‘Everything obscene comes from France,’ wrote James Dixon, an eye surgeon retired to Dorking, in 1888. He was provoked by learning of an item called a condom, and explained to his correspondent, James Murray, that this was ‘a contrivance used by fornicators, to save themselves from a well-deserved clap’. Surely the word had no place ....

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How the Bloomsbury Group shaped life in London WC1

How the Bloomsbury Group shaped life in London WC1
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Review: Duncan Minshull and Erling Kagge on Walking

Review: Duncan Minshull and Erling Kagge on Walking
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Philologists, Pedants And Obsessives: How Crowd-Sourcing Created The Oxford English Dictionary

Philologists, Pedants And Obsessives: How Crowd-Sourcing Created The Oxford English Dictionary
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Philologists, pedants and obsessives: how crowd-sourcing created the Oxford English Dictionary

An irresistible history of the OED reveals that English is a global language in its sources, its reach and its ownership. ....

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