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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.

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

You all would not have guessed some of these

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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'Mispronunciations' That May Be Fine

 

'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.

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