Great moments in the English language -- 2
As long as we are noticing anniversaries, it is 80 years since the first edition of the great Oxford English Dictionary was published — that is, since the last fascicle of that edition was released. (The first fascicle, under James Murray’s editorship, appeared in 1884.)
The publisher is celebrating this anniversary with a series of events this month and next. Even if you can’t attend, you can lift a glass to one of the monuments of the language.
