Objective_Kick2930 t1_ja2tl4k wrote on February 26, 2023 at 12:41 PM Reply to comment by ReplyFriendly8071 in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged Research into words never stops, whether ancient or brand new, so it's still a job people do have. Permalink Parent 51
Objective_Kick2930 t1_ja2tl4k wrote
Reply to comment by ReplyFriendly8071 in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
Research into words never stops, whether ancient or brand new, so it's still a job people do have.