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WTF Fun Fact 13187 – Writing the Oxford English Dictionary

The writers of the Oxford English Dictionary took 5 years to read the word ant. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13187 – Writing the Oxford English Dictionary appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

In 1807, Noah Webster set upon writing…

In 1807, Noah Webster set upon writing ‘An American Dictionary of the English Language’. It took him 26 years to write it all himself, including the etymologies, which required that he learn 28 languages. He was plagued by debt to fund the project. The post In 1807, Noah Webster set upon writing… appeared first on… Read More »

In 1879 it was estimated the Oxford…

In 1879 it was estimated the Oxford English Dictionary to take 10 years for completion, but in five years they’d only reached the word “Ant”. After crowdsourcing readers to help it was completed 44 years later. The publishers now estimate it would take a single person 120 years to just type it. The post In… Read More »