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Susie
Dent interview
Oxford based Susie Dent sits in the Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's Countdown. |
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Susie Dent
is an author and translator and is the resident dictionary expert on Channel
4's long-running word and numbers game 'Countdown'. Susie has worked on
the show for ten years and has had over 1000 appearance.
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It took 70 years to complete the first edition
of the Oxford English Dictionary. It was proposed to take 10 years.
The
OED is undergoing a major £34 million revision programme.
Every
definition and etymology is being painstakingly revised, and hundreds
of new entries are written each year.
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She has written
several books on language, including Larpers and Shroomers: the language
report: a survey of current trends in English and the way we use it.
Susie was
born in Woking, Surrey. She now lives in Oxford.
A word which
Susie has noticed crops up in Oxford is the word 'Pash' which means to
kiss and is an Australian term.
She thinks
that the English language is growing and texting has a big influence in
this. Listen
to the interview to find out more >>>
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