Alphabetical order had to be invented to help people organize the first dictionaries. On the other hand, we may have reached a… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Wake up to think of words… want to walk through pages of meanings, the links in assonance, alliteration, or just simple sense… — Initially NO Copy Share Image
“Tugs used to think that everyone's name was in the dictionary, and when she had realized it was only hers, both Tugs… — Anne Ylvisaker Copy Share Image
My desk is like a 'U,' so I have my computer and lots of dictionaries because I write in Spanish and I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Dictionary, n. A malevolent literacy device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.” — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms. — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
Basic dictionaries no longer belong on paper; the greatest, the 'Oxford English Dictionary,' has nimbly remade itself in cyberspace, where it has… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“About 35-40% of the time, a player wants to create a word ending in a specific letter. This, however, is not the… — Richard D. Ekstrom Copy Share Image
“FV: Annandale defines 'definition' as "an explanation of the signification of a term." Yet Oxford, on the other hand, defines it as… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
I spoke Spanish when I was three, and then Maltese. I love dictionaries. I like foreigners. My dad moved every year before… — John Lloyd Copy Share Image
