DICTIONARIES ARE HOT AGAIN!!!
MOVE OVER, WIKIPEDIA...
A SURPRISING COMEBACK...
...At a time when many are questioning the definition of common words they thought they understood, after years of the English language being degraded by text messages and hashtags, dictionaries have made a surprising comeback in the United States.
On dictionary apps and websites, “lookups” (which, according to Merriam-Webster, is one word) of words or phrases related to news events have precipitously increased. Bibliophiles are becoming social media stars. Sales of print dictionaries remain brisk and are a profit center for some publishers.
“Dictionaries are not regarded as sexy or interesting, but what dictionaries are known for is telling the truth,” said Jesse Sheidlower, a lexicographer and past president of the American Dialect Society. “Right now there are a lot of questions about what is true. We want clear statements about what things are, and dictionaries provide that.”
Read more in The New York Times
by Water Cooler
By KATHERINE ROSMAN FEB. 11, 2017
Colaboración de Wilfredo Ramos-Vázquez, JD
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