Washington Post, “1 Millions Words! But Who’s Counting?”

April 29, 2009

Ron Charles, “1 Millions Words! But Who’s Counting?” (Washington Post Short Stack blog, Apr. 29, 2009)

Last night, I called Benjamin Zimmer to ask him about this elusive million-word milestone. Mr. Zimmer is executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. When I mentioned the subject of my call, I could hear his heart sink, the way your doctor sighs when you ask (again) about the health benefits of bull semen.

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