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Article Source: Guardian UnlimitedFrom whoopensocker to upscuddle, strubbly to swivet, 50 years after it was first conceived the Dictionary of American Regional English is finally about to reach the end of the alphabet.
The fifth volume of the dictionary, covering "slab" to "zydeco", is out in March from Harvard University Press. It completes a project begun in 1962 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
"A friend told me this weekend that when he starts browsing the pages of DARE, he gets seduced by the next entry, and the next, and pretty soon he looks up to discover that an hour has gone by."
This is what I love about hardcopy dictionaries - I remember feeling exactly the same when I was a kid, browsing through entries. One word captures you and then the next...
#1 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 6:59 AM ESTVery true, an exciting journey through all those words and now more? Most Excellent. Thanks for the info Miss :)
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