On Words and Business

Happy birthday to Noah Webster the American lexicographer born on this day in 1758.

When you think of dictionaries, you think Webster.

Unless you’re a reference book wonk like me. In which case you also think of Samuel Johnson. But today isn’t his birthday.

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