What Is the OED and Who Is It For? | John Simpson

In this short film, John Simpson, Chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, explains what the aim of the dictionary is and who it is for. As you'll hear, the potential audience for the dictionary has massively increased since it went online.

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