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u/Pizza_bagel · 72 pointsr/todayilearned

Anyone interested in this topic should read Simon Winchester's The Meaning of Everything. He's also written a book called The Professor and the Madman about the relationship between the OED's editor and W.C. Minor, a prolific submitter that was actually imprisoned in a psychiatric ward because of a brutal murder.

u/50missioncap · 2 pointsr/wikipedia

Winchester also wrote The Meaning of Everything, which discusses more broadly the story of the OED.

u/notacrackheadofficer · 2 pointsr/conspiracy


The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
... https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Everything-Oxford-English-Dictionary/dp/019517500X

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/reddit.com

Actually, yes, you did use it correctly. It just didn't sound right to me, so I looked it up on dictionary.com (I think) and it didn't have the definition that Webster did. Weird.

Makes me think of the book The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary.

http://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Everything-Oxford-English-Dictionary/dp/019517500X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241063866&sr=8-1


A bit dry, but interesting.

u/dunmalg · 1 pointr/AskReddit

The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything. Both are about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, the latter about the actual making, and the former about the specifics of one of the most prolific contributors to the OED: a US Army officer and civil war vet in a British insane asylum. Great reads, the both of them.

u/miketr2009 · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Cool! Birthderp present from my Mom. Have your read these? I think they are great:

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

http://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman-Insanity-English-Dictionary/dp/0060839783/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290970608&sr=1-8

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

http://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Everything-Oxford-English-Dictionary/dp/019517500X/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290970608&sr=1-10