Typos, tricks and misprints
Why is English spelling so weird and unpredictable? Don’t blame the mix of languages; look to quirks of timing and technology
by Arika Okrent
English language -- Dictionaries at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/346
American lexicographer, editor, and author Noah Webster died #OTD in 1843.
His early contributions to education include a series of textbooks known collectively as the "Blue-Backed Speller." His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1806. However, his most significant achievement came with the publication of An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.
New Media, Old Anxieties:
Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?
Josh Abbey Considers “Savage Torpor” and Other Nice Things
https://lithub.com/new-media-old-anxieties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/
