In all its myriad manifestations, the language of anti-Semitism through the ages is a dictionary of non-sequiturs and antonyms, a thesaurus of illogic and inconsistency.
When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wiseguy' opposites?
I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don't use - words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. I also love the sound of certain words. I love the sound of the word pom-pom.
I'm a massive fan of the dictionary.
I keep a big, fat dictionary with me while writing.
Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.
We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas.
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'
I've been obsessed with words since I was a little girl, and I am fortunate that each week as resident word expert on 'Countdown' I am ideally placed to quiz my guests in dictionary corner about the words and phrases they use.
A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.
I work with the Oxford Dictionary databases, which sounds really boring, but they're actually fascinating as they show you how current words are being used.
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
