Moving across time – from the appearance of the first standalone English dictionary to the completion of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary – and shuttling across genres – from general ...

Nigerian English words have recently been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), but there is still a debate in the country about what constitutes proper English, as the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo ...

—Burchfield, R J (1986, 1st ed.; 1997, 2nd ed.) New Zealand Pocket Oxford Dictionary. Oxford University Press, Auckland —Burchfield, R J (1996) New Fowler's ...

Ten new Welsh terms have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including the phrase for cheers. Iechyd da - which means good health and is said before having a drink - is included as part ...

Vax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, with double-vaxxed ...

Ten new Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including the phrase for cheers. The BBC's Harriet Morgan looks at some of the new words and their pronunciation. They also ...

The Chicago Manual of Style is an American English style guide published by the University ... quotation marks), or whether to use a serial comma—also known as an “Oxford” comma (Chicago style: yes; ...

The widely-used Chinese phrase “add oil!” is now officially in the Oxford English Dictionary, because there just isn’t a better translation for the sentiment. Originating chiefly from Hong ...

Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies captured Tenochtitlán in 1521, bringing the Aztec Empire’s reign to a close after less than a century. The White House, whose cornerstone was laid in 1792, ...

In the mid-19th century, Professor James Murray begins to compile words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, and receives help from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.

A legendary college town. Recently cited by Yahoo as the #3 College Town in the United States. Oxford, Ohio, home of Miami's main campus, is a picturesque town brimming with ideas and opportunities.

PDF files have become a major part of our digital lives in this cross-platform world. While simply viewing or commenting on a PDF can be accomplished with free software, there are times when we ...