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   Christian Weisgerber to Ross Clark   
   Re: National Dictionary Day (16 October)   
   19 Oct 24 20:18:45   
   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-10-16, Ross Clark  wrote:   
      
   > "National" here is American. And the day is the birthday of Noah Webster   
   > (16/10/1758-28/5/1843). Author of the "National Dictionary".   
   > Actually called The American Dictionary of the English Language.   
      
   I'm positive I've seen a Webster's Dictionary of the American (!)   
   Language somewhere.  I thought Noah Webster himself started this,   
   but apparently I was mistaken.   
      
   ... Okay, it's _Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language_   
   and Wikipedia informs me that this is an independent work, wholly   
   unrelated to that of Webster himself.  Sorry, Noah.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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