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John Simpson

Born

Cheltenham, The United Kingdom

Website

https://johnsimpson.org/

Genre

Nonfiction, Memoir

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English lexicographer and former Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

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John Simpson's Blog

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West Cork and proverbs

[image error] Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) – Wikimedia Commons

I’m just back from the West Cork Literary Festival, talking about The Word Detective again. I included a section about Irish words in English and was surprised, when I researched the subject, just how many exclamations of sorrow and lament we record from Irish, as opposed to other languages. But that’s one

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John Simpson’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 427 ratings · 101 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford Quick Reference) by John Ayto (Editor), John Simpson (Editor) (11-Feb-2010) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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