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Alaharon123@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@kbin.socialEnglish · 3 years ago

TIL that arguably the first comprehensive English dictionary was written by one dude over the course of seven years and that was THE dictionary for 70+ years

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TIL that arguably the first comprehensive English dictionary was written by one dude over the course of seven years and that was THE dictionary for 70+ years

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Alaharon123@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@kbin.socialEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • Adonnus@kbin.social
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    I get definitions of words wrong all the time. I’m curious how many of the words were wrongly defined by him during his time.

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      It is not so much that his definitions were wrong, but many were quite…eccentric.

      EG: “Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.”

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    I’d like to offer you my most sincere contrafibularities
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08

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      It’s a common expression down our way.

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    Sausage? Sausage! Why blast your eyes!

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