play video websters video of 1864
Words Matter

Webster's Dictionary of 1864

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.


The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

Up next

play video websters video of 1864
Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

play video ghost words
How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

play there theyre their video
There, They're, Their

 

There, there. We'll sort it out.

play sneaked vs snuck video
Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

play image1815466723
How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

play video soup vs soop
An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut

play hanger-hangar-illustrations
Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which