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Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins

As the Middle East conflict e…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #hongkong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #olivetree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #southasian #thewordoil
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/

Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins

As the Middle East conflict e…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #hongkong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #olivetree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #southasian #thewordoil
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/

Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins

As the Middle East conflict e…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #hongkong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #olivetree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #southasian #thewordoil
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/

Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins

As the Middle East conflict e…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #hongkong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #olivetree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #southasian #thewordoil
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/

Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/ #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #HongKong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #OliveOil #OliveTree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #SouthAsian #TheWordOil

Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/ #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #HongKong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #OliveOil #OliveTree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #SouthAsian #TheWordOil

Language Matters | Amid new oil crisis, how the word ‘oil’ evolved from its food-based origins https://www.diningandcooking.com/2557326/language-matters-amid-new-oil-crisis-how-the-word-oil-evolved-from-its-food-based-origins/ #arabic #cantonese #english #Greek #HongKong #latin #mandarin #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #MiddleEast #Oil #Olive #OliveOil #OliveTree #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Sanskrit #Sinitic #SouthAsian #TheWordOil

Peter Gilliver, who I had the brief pleasure of working with for about a year at the #OED, has set up this site for his writings about the history of the #OxfordEnglishDictionary and the people, who helped create it. Worth a read!

https://themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/

#Lexicography #PeterGilliver #Dictionaries #JamesMurray

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Aaaaber dann war ich gestern mit der Kollegin im Keller des @ids_mannheim und habe dort ganz echte Belegzettel gesehen!!!! 🤩 Alles war so wie im Buch beschrieben. Regale über Regale voll mit Fächern und Kästchen und diese voll mit unendlich vielen Zetteln... allein für Geld gab es 6 Fächer oder so! 🤩
Das war schon ein Praktikumshighlight und ich bin grad mal 2 Wochen hier. 💛

#Praktikum #OxfordEnglishDictionary #UmschulungFaMI #MeinLangerWegInDieBibliothek #Lexikographie

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Apropos Wörterbuch, apropos Oxford Dictionary. Ich lese gerade "Die Sammlerin der verlorenen Wörter" von Pip Williams. Ein bisher sehr tolles Buch!
Eine große Rolle in der Geschichte spielen Belegzettel, die für das Oxford English Dictionary gesammelt werden. Die werden im Buch gut beschrieben, sodass ich eine Vorstellung hatte, auch wenn ich noch nie einen irl gesehen hatte.

#OxfordEnglishDictionary #PipWilliams #Praktikum #UmschulungFaMI #MeinLangerWegInDieBibliothek #Lexikographie

Das Wort des Tages vom Oxford English Dictionary ist boop. 👉🏼👃🏼

"A gentle tap or touch, esp. on a person or animal's nose, usually with one's finger, and typically as a gesture of affection."

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/boop_n2

#WordOfTheDay #WortDesTages #OxfordEnglishDictionary #Wörterbuchspaß #Wörterbuchliebe

The origins of ‘say “uncle”’

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57984/why-do-we-say-uncle

#OED #OxfordEnglishDictionary #linguistics #etymology #lexicography

Pinoys’ views on Oxford English Dictionary inclusion of ‘gigil’ in word list

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2025/04/03/294365/pinoys-oxford-english-dictionary-gigil-word-list/

Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true

Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true

Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true

Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true

Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true

@neve
Is there a word I always misspell on the first try?

I mostly spell without thinking about it. I touch type, and my entree into writing was as a proofreader. I trained as a copyeditor pretty quickly after that. Lot of looking up word usages and spellings from back when we still worked on paper manuscripts . . . I still have the Shorter Oxford. Hardback.

#Writephant #languages #words #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writersofmastodon #OxfordEnglishDictionary #shorterOxford

Såg efter tips från @wizvii "The Professor and The Madman" - mkt bra! Om hur Oxford English Dictionary uppstod bl a, även om psykvård slutet av 1800-talet

https://www.svtplay.se/video/eXY7E9k/the-professor-and-the-madman

#filmtips #oed #OxfordEnglishDictionary

From A (Archeologist) to Z (Zealots): Sarah Ogilvie's "The Dictionary People" covers in 26 chapters (1 for each letter of the alphabet) the "unsung heroes" who created the #OxfordEnglishDictionary - incl. a cannibal, New Zealanders, murderers, queer folk, women & #CharlotteYonge

#VictorianStudies

Now seems like a good time to share this article. Singular ‘they’ has been around since 1375, but some browser developer thinks it's too ‘political’.

https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/?tl=true

#Ladybird #LadybirdBrowser #SingularThey #OED #OxfordEnglishDictionary

Now seems like a good time to share this article. Singular ‘they’ has been around since 1375, but some browser developer thinks it's too ‘political’.

https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/?tl=true

#Ladybird #LadybirdBrowser #SingularThey #OED #OxfordEnglishDictionary

Now seems like a good time to share this article. Singular ‘they’ has been around since 1375, but some browser developer thinks it's too ‘political’.

https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/?tl=true

#Ladybird #LadybirdBrowser #SingularThey #OED #OxfordEnglishDictionary

Now seems like a good time to share this article. Singular ‘they’ has been around since 1375, but some browser developer thinks it's too ‘political’.

https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/?tl=true

#Ladybird #LadybirdBrowser #SingularThey #OED #OxfordEnglishDictionary

Now seems like a good time to share this article. Singular ‘they’ has been around since 1375, but some browser developer thinks it's too ‘political’.

https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/?tl=true

#Ladybird #LadybirdBrowser #SingularThey #OED #OxfordEnglishDictionary

This is the third day I've been woken up to the sounds of construction crews replacing the sidewalk they poured the day before.

Pretty sure this is insanity, right?

#funny #venting #meme #OxfordEnglishDictionary #wordsmithing

A #review of the #book "The Dictionary People" by Sarah Ogilvie, on the volunteers in the #crowdsourcing for compiling the first #OxfordEnglishDictionary:

"Words With Friends", Commonweal (https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/skinner-oxford-english-dictionary-Ogilvie).

#OED #Dictionary #English #BookReview #Oxford #Language

My brilliant colleague Peter Gilliver has created a site collecting his writings about the people who created the Oxford English Dictionary: https://themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/

Please spread the (ahem) word!

#OxfordEnglishDictionary #history #lexicography #oed #biography #words #Oxford

“What Is Left Unsaid: How Some Words Do—Or Don’t—Make It Into Print” [2023], LitHub (https://lithub.com/what-is-left-unsaid-how-some-words-do-or-dont-make-it-into-print/).

#Dictionary #OxfordEnglishDictionary #OED #Language #English #Slang #Words #Lexicon

https://boffosocko.com/2023/07/24/vocabulary-notebooks-criminally-insane-asylum-patients-zettelkasten-the-thesaurus-linguae-latinae-and-digital-dictionaries/

https://boffosocko.com/2023/04/27/knowing-what-we-know-the-transmission-of-knowledge-from-ancient-wisdom-to-modern-magic-by-simon-winchester/

https://boffosocko.com/2023/01/14/a-note-about-my-article-on-goitein-with-respect-to-zettelkasten-output-processes/

This year, Oxford Languages, the creator of the Oxford English Dictionary, titled "goblin mode" as the 2022 Word of the Year, meaning it best reflected the ethos and mood of the past 12 months.

#GoblinMode #OxfordLanguages #OxfordEnglishDictionary #OED #WordOfTheYear #WordOfTheYear2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140696560/oxford-word-2022-goblin-mode

I confess I had not until today even heard of 'goblin mode'. I am so out of the loop. (EDIT and yet... the concept feels very, very familiar) #GoblinMode #OxfordUniversityPress #OxfordEnglishDictionary #WordOfTheYear
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63857329