autopeotomy · English language · millionth word · Simon Winchester

The Joys of Our Truly Global Language

In case you missed it, the one millionth word passed into the English language sometime around last week, according to Telegraph writer Simon Winchester. If you’ve never heard of autopeotomy, nor still linked the word with Dr James Murray, two elderly lexicographers at Oxford station, or Simon Winchester himself, you may shudder a little and… Continue reading The Joys of Our Truly Global Language