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Here he is, describing the straw that broke the camel’s back. “The Irish lexicographer Dinneen, considered in vacuo is, heaven knows, funny enough. He keeps standing on his head, denying ...

How do you pronounce it? Grimes and Musk seem to have different ideas of how to pronounce the name. “It’s just X, like the letter X. Then AI. Like how you said the letter A then I,” Grimes said.

She answered “African Safari” but was ruled incorrect for her pronunciation of Safari, which she said as “Sa-FAIR-ee.” This allowed fellow contestant Brian Nelson from Longview ...

Author and renowned lexicographer Susie Dent – the oracle in the Dictionary Corner on Channel 4’s Countdown – is coming to town to help raise funds for The Watermill. Susie Dent Pic ...

This is a sore point with me: after having written a review of Murray Bail’s Holden’s Performance (1987) I was reprimanded by a lexicographer in a letter to the editor for having ... She may be right, ...