The Manila Times on MSNOpinion

New words of Japanese origin in the Oxford English Dictionary

THERE has been a remarkable surge of global interest in Japan recently, a trend most visibly evidenced by the dramatic influx ...
Town & Country

The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now

An excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the academic elite to create a foundation for our vocabulary. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town ...
Salon

Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project

After graduate school, I treated myself to a full set — that's 20 very large and heavy volumes — of the Oxford English Dictionary for my home office. It was a very on-brand purchase for me, and also a ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

Oxford English Dictionary adds eight Korean culture words

Eight words originating from Korean culture have been newly added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) published by the University of Oxford. Jieun Kiaer (Korean name: Jo Ji-eun), a professor at ...