Andrew Doyle

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The activist takeover of online dictionaries

Woke zealots are trying to change the way we speak.

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Andrew Doyle
Jul 23, 2024
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When Samuel Johnson embarked on his dictionary in 1746, his intention was to consolidate the English language by recording its everyday usage. This was a step forward from previous dictionaries that tended to focus on technical or obscure terms. One wonders how he might have felt about our present-day dictionaries, and the very different goals that thos…

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