Simon Winchester's history of the OED is an entertaining read.(The Dallas Morning News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: April 21, 2004| Author: Chism, Olin | Copyright information

Byline: Olin Chism

``The Meaning of Everything'' by Simon Winchester; Oxford University Press ($25)

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``The Meaning of Everything'' is a book about lexicography, not philosophy. Specifically, it's a history of the Oxford English Dictionary, the most amazing lexicographical project ever envisioned and executed.

Simon Winchester, whose previous book ``The Professor and the Madman'' dealt with two characters intimately involved in the m...

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