"Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and even the best is not quite true."
--Samuel Johnson, 1784

How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don't know how to spell it? It is one of the mysteries of all time. If you have the answer, please send it to: wordpower@dictionaryproject.org

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal about "The Dictionary Project" -- one woman trying to give dictionaries to every third grader in South Carolina and eventually throughout the country. If you're interested, the website is http://www.thedictionaryproject.com



"Words strain, / Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, / Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, / Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, / Will not stay still."
--T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965)