A Journey Into The Merriam-webster Word Factory The New York Times
In 1984, Oxford University Press embarked on a five-year, multi-million-dollar project to develop an electronic version of the dictionary. The effort necessary 120 individuals just to sort the pages from the print edition and 50 proofreaders to check their operate. The on line version of the dictionary has been active because 2000. The initially, what would nowadays be named, “dictionary” was compiled in 1604 by a man named Robert Cawdray A Table Alphabeticall was only 120 pages. Worldwide fall, but…