“Most people, if they think at all about the dictionary, think of it as this fixed object given to us from on high. It is the thing that legitimizes language and makes language real. You never think that it's actually compiled by living, breathing nerds like me. When you realize that it's compiled by people, it becomes a different thing, a different kind of document.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentRealLanguageRealizingDifferent KindsNerdDictionary Author:Kory Stamper
“We want to emulate the educated class, even if we don't think of educated people as a class these days.” PeopleThinkingEducated Author:Kory Stamper
“I think when dictionaries define words, there's a sort of hair-splitting that to most people doesn't make any sense, which is we're not describing what a thing is.” PeopleThinkingDictionary Author:Kory Stamper
