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Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
Fact check: No, Wikipedia didn't change its definition of the term 'definition'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe claim: Image shows Wikipedia changed its definition of "definition" Definitions of key words...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via AOL· 7 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
Trump coins new nickname for Gavin Newsom: ‘New-scum’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNickname alert! Get out your Donald Trump dictionaries as the former president has coined yet...
Encyclopedia Britannica plots $1bn stock market listing
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoEncyclopædia Britannica is preparing to join the US stock market with a hoped-for $1bn (£850m)...
A brief history of Esperanto, the 135-year-old language of peace hated by Hitler and Stalin alike
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn Esperanto teacher instructs a class in a room with a painting of the language's creator on the...
When did Democrats and Republicans switch platforms?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President and a Republican (left), and Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. President and a Democrat. The Republican and...
Voices: Here’s what the Tory Leadership party is getting wrong about ‘woke’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere has been something deeply depressing about the Tory leadership contest. No, I’m not talking...
Letters to the editor for Saturday, May 11, 2024
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBeneficial Lee schools program Thank you, thank you, thank you Lee County Schools. My son Ethan Hampel graduated this year from Riverdale High School and...
