Since the 1961 publication of the Third International Dictionary, people have debated the merits of dictionaries that describe language as it is and those that explain how it should be. Today the debate continues, but it doesn’t hold the same cultural significance as before, writes Geoff Nunberg.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/03/162221715/when-words-were-worth-fighting-over
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Simon Winchester discusses his book The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Video here: http://ww3.tvo.org/video/177526/simon-winchester-his-book-meaning-everything
Delve into the history of DARE, the Dictionary of American Regional English, with LQ contributor Simon Winchester and DARE chief editor Joan Hall.
http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/lq-podcast-dare.php
On today’s episode, ‘woot’ makes it into the Oxford English Dictionary, juice-hacking threatens user privacy, and a virtual hit-man service charges $10 an hour for DDoS attacks. Read this blog post by Justin Yu on The 404 Podcast.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13952_1-20094194-81/the-404-885-where-we-weeze-the-juice-podcast/
Oxford English Dictionary editor at large Jesse Sheidlower discusses his new, in-depth look at that most offensive, rhymes-with-pluck, fou
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This might be the most perverted, nasty, NSFW, and all around hilarious show EVAR- OMGBBQ! Read this blog post by Justin Yu on The 404 Podcast.
Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today’s print dictionary is poised for transformation.
As the CEO and co-founder of new online dictionary Wordnik, Erin McKean is reshaping not just dictionaries, but how we interact with language itself.
http://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html
http://www.waywordradio.org/english-down-under/
plural for mousse?, stereotype, busboy, …
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Charles Hodgson packs a lot of information, both entertaining and informative, into his short, daily podcasts about the history of words. (http://podictionary.com/)
This was a podcast highlight in Forgotten Classics’ episode 6.
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An interview with the authors of Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, exploring the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien and Oxford University, where he both studied and worked.
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