S2 E23: Kory Stamper, Author of Word by Word

This Is the Author

English - April 11, 2017 13:23 - 3 minutes - 792 KB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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"My book is about dictionaries and about the English language and the people who write dictionaries and about people who use the English language. I wrote the book out of my experiences as a lexicographer, which is a writer and editor of dictionaries and because the more you do lexicography, the more you find out about English, and English is an amazing language, even though it drives people up the proverbial wall."