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SeaBreeze

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If Samuel Johnson had used a computer [shame they were not invented then] his dictionary would have been completed in record time!
 

rkunsaw said:
Who's Samuel Johnson? Noah Webster made the dictionary I used.
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Johnson came out with A Dictionary of the English Language, sometime in the mid-1700's. At the time it was seen as one of the most useful works ever published, and served as the model for most other dictionaries that followed.

I think it took him something like 10 years to produce. :rolleyes:
 
The Scots never liked that bit ; Oats, a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people . Hee-hee, porridge! A bit naughty of Johnson.;)
 
My husband was horrified a few months ago to see that I had put a dictionary in the recycle bin. It never got used any more. It was old. And when I want to know what something means, I google it.
 
Actually I love porridge [with syrup.] Not with a pinch of salt like the Scots.

Phil your expression looks exactly like my young grandson when told he can't have chocolates.;)
 
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