HISTORY OF AMERICAN LEXICOGRAPHY.
Who is considered the father of American lexicography?
Noah Webster
In which century was the English language brought to North America by English settlers?
17th century
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Towel
How many months have 28 days?
All of them
In what year was The American Dictionary of the English Language first published?
1828
Approximately what was the population of the United States by the end of the 18th century?
About 4 million
What has many teeth but cannot bite?
Comb
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Egg
What was the title of the first American dictionary published by Samuel Johnson Jr. in 1798?
A School Dictionary
Which American lexicographer tried to simplify spelling and pronunciation in the USA?
Noah Webster
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Wet
Which two printers obtained the rights to Webster’s dictionary and began publishing it as Merriam-Webster?
George and Charles Merriam
Which lexicographer became Noah Webster’s main rival during the “war of the dictionaries”?
Joseph Emerson Worcester
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
Name
Which word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Incorrectly
What is the name of the famous revised edition of Webster’s dictionary that caused much debate among linguists?
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language
Which major American dictionary was first completed in 1891?
Century Dictionary
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Letter m
What can you hold without ever touching it?
Breath