AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
16min chapter
Who wrote the dictionary?
The LRB Podcast
The Making of the Dictionary: Exploring Words, Contributors, and Meanings
This chapter delves into the relationship between medical words, excluded words, and the making of the dictionary. It discusses the process of adding words to the dictionary, the language of the contributors, and the challenges faced in deriving meanings and definitions. The chapter also explores the evolving nature of the dictionary and its contributors, and the effort to represent the world through language.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode