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Dictionary researcher Joshua Pendragon

June 29, 2023 4:00 am • Last Updated: June 23, 2023 4:51 pm

By Rick Koster and Peter Huoppi, Day staff

We talk with Joshua Pendragon, an independent researcher for the Oxford English Dictionary, about how new words are added to the dictionary, the challenges of researching obscure words, and the evolving nature of language. ***This episode was originally released in August 2020***

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