Ever wondered how a word gets into the dictionary? Here's a little video from the editor/s of Merriam-Webster Online on this:
A comment below the video on youtube says: Does a word ever come out of a dictionary? Inquisitive, eh? But I think the answer is simple and obvious. Maybe they'll make a video on that some time. Oh well, they did:
Trivial: The world's largest monolingual dictionary is the Dutch dictionary Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal. It took 134 years to finish. Next in line are German language dictionary Deutsches Wörterbuch and the English dictionary Oxford English Dictionary. Here's some more on large books full of words.
A comment below the video on youtube says: Does a word ever come out of a dictionary? Inquisitive, eh? But I think the answer is simple and obvious. Maybe they'll make a video on that some time. Oh well, they did:
Trivial: The world's largest monolingual dictionary is the Dutch dictionary Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal. It took 134 years to finish. Next in line are German language dictionary Deutsches Wörterbuch and the English dictionary Oxford English Dictionary. Here's some more on large books full of words.
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