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Who decides what’s in the dictionary?

How to get a word added to the dictionary - Ilan Stavans

How to get a word added to the dictionary - Ilan Stavans

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Andreea Calude

Associate Professor in Linguistics & TED ED Educator - WRITER | SPEAKER | EDUCATOR

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This is nice and as always so well illustrated,. It saddens me that it makes the usual mistake of equating “dictionary” with “English dictionary” giving English the all encompassing status. It would be much better to label the lesson “How to get a word added to the (American) ENGLISH dictionary”.

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