How to get a word added to the dictionary - Ilan Stavans
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2021
- Explore the history of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and find out how old words get redefined and how new words are added.
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While the concept of a dictionary dates back to ancient civilizations, the first English dictionary wasn’t published until 1604. In the centuries that followed, many more dictionaries were written by individual authors who chose what to include or exclude, with most quickly becoming outdated. One 19th century lexicon had a different fate. Ilan Stavans digs into the history of Webster's Dictionary.
Lesson by Ilan Stavans, directed by Lisa LaBracio.
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The guy who created the dictionary: reality can be whatever I want.
The guy who created the wiki: I’m several dimensions ahead of you
@@memelordess2141 The guy who created language: Are you sure about that
@@King-kt3uf even if you created the language, if people adhered to another's rulebook (dictionary), it is that rulebook that is in control.
Commenting before this blows up
Guy who created homework: I can make question into reality
TedEd answers the questions we all have, but never ask
And also all questions we never knew we had...
ㄱwhy would anyone eveybaks this lie yorue sisbilly
This is a more polite version of 'who asked'
@@PerfectlyTrendy44 lmfao basically
Me when I hear the definition of dictionary: "That's got be a TED-Ed joke."
Ambrose Bierce: *Well yes, but definitely no*
Same.
1:53
* Puts slang word *
Breaking news:the English pollution is increasing
I just farted in a jar and lit the gas in it on fire
What the-
This 5-minute Ted videos are more informative and interesting and most sources. You guys are one of the reasons I find myself on RUclips everyday 🤣. Good job
What is English? Centuries later the only people who can understand Old English are those who study it because it does not resemble today's English whatsoever. I think that centuries from now the same thing will be said of our "English" of today.
@@lynnroney1234 many languages has changed by time in order to simplify it
Like for example Chinese language you can see it with (simplified) languages became easier as the communication becomes easier than before
As a non-English native speaker it's very useful to me that dictionaries start putting definition of words and phrases like slang, curses, etc. Since they are not usually teached in formal classes wo it can be confusing when stumble upon them in real life conversation (Often on the Internet) and it can be truly life saving/changing finding such definitions
Boy do i have a dictionary for you.
www.urbandictionary.com/
Do you know if there are any other dictionaries like that in other languages like your own?
The past tense of ‘teach’ is ‘taught’! Your english is really good though :)
Taught*
Urban Dictionary
This was surprisingly more interesting than I thought
Every ted video in a nutshell
Swag 😎
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I love u
Webster: *I*
Merriam: *They*
Stalin: *We*
British English exists
American English exists
Meanwhile my brain : How about a mixture of both 😌
Yeah!
The best of both
Australians: 🤬🤬🤬
@@suma7406 As a fellow Indian, I second this. I myself like to use both American & British English, sometimes together too.
Dictionary of Bloody English
The internet is making that more and more common because it makes geographic barriers have less of an effect on who you can communicate with.
Sometimes we got reminded that TEDEd is American channel. When they say "Dictionary" they only meant "Merriam-Webster" the one widely used in USA and only english dictionary of USA, not any other language of anywhere else in the world
I do not want to know how or why he found out the last adjective for describing women, I really don't... *FLEXIBLE*
LMAO
Also don't forget "pitiful" lol
licoriceluv oh fr
👀
Nice stretch on the spelling
Looking forward to when “Pog” is finally in the dictionary as an adjective
*VERY POG YES*
poggers
KEKW
*when kush is added to the dictionary:*
Ew no
I love how Ted Ed uses different styles of animations
Each one so unique and beautiful 😍
I know right!
This came at such a perfect time! I'm reading "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams at the moment (which explores similar questions about who gets to decide what's in the dictionary). The novel is a national bestseller in Australia!
Great!
One of the best nuggets of wisdom I was given when studying English language, was that it isn't an rigid set of rules, but an extraordinarily adaptive organism
English language is a mess because there are rules and a 1000 exceptions for them.
English is complicated because it has had a lot of influences, if you look at the UK alone, you have Germanic, Celtic, French, German influences to name a few.
It's why my friend further north calls a Bath a Tub.
@@jamesmitchell5060 Spanish also has a lot of different influences mainly Arabic and RAE made them work
@@jamesmitchell5060 English isn't complicated. Try Spanish or German.
@@nadie8093 maybe it depends on the person, I don't know, I found German easy at school, my Spanish was abysmal, I just couldn't get it.
0:02 "there's no such thing as an unabridged dictionary." Here you got me.🙌🏻😌
Which is such a word that you didn't find in a dictionary?
"you can't just make up words."
yes we can, people have been doing that ever since humanity spoke it's first words. Language is entirely made up and changeable. If someone decides an arrangement of sounds means something then it's a word. It doesn't have to be in a dictionary to be a word and even if it did, you can also just create a dictionary
How many people does it take?
And who are you to make up a word?What if I don't accept it?Are you going to force me?
@@ozanbarsaydemir6009 for a word to be a word it only needs to be used by around five people give or take. I can't force you to use the words I make up, and I won't try to get you to unless the words you're using in its place are harmful or inaccurate. But if I make up a word and all my friends accept it, or even just five of them, technically it's a word, because within that community it is used as one. Every single word to ever be used is entirely made up and started with only five or so people knowing what it meant.
You know your work is meaningful when you tackle questions people are not aware they need answers for. Thank you!
"Why use many word when few word do trick." -Kevin Malone
Why many word when few work
@@johnather ah, right! I knew I said it wrong 😂
Why long when short work
@@falpsdsqglthnsac that’s what she didn’t say, jkjk
Few words can work
Great video! I have my issues with Merriam-Webster, though.
I used to almost exclusively use the Merriam-Webster dictionary in my classes and recommend it to all of my students of English as a second language. One day, though, I noticed that their phonemic transcriptions were very strange (when not flat-out wrong), and did not use symbols the way they were intended at all. I contacted the pronunciation editor and he essentially told me that MW is for Americans, and Americans don't need to use phonemes right to know how to pronounce words, and that my students could just use a different dictionary because MW wasn't for them. Needless to say, I was floored, and I've never recommended it to a student or used it in class again.
MW even goes so far as to reverse the direction of the slash marks around phonemes just so they look different than other dictionaries. This has the unfortunate quality of being just plain inaccurate and confusing. That MW sees their dictionary as exclusively the realm of American native speakers, and that phonemic script comes down to the whims of business instead of education, I don't endorse them anymore at all.
The Cambridge dictionary, on the other hand, has the complete opposite ethos (that English is for everyone, with special attention to accuracy because it is not most of the world's first language) and it is now my preferred dictionary.
Did you know Merriam-Webster has gone woke?
@@goldenvulture6818 I'm not even sure what you would mean by that. If 'woke' means culturally sensitive or paying special attention to global issues, then Merriam-Webster's approach to English pronunciation is decidedly not that.
Just yesterday I was reading about the history of languages and how they changed with time and now TED-Ed uploads this video
I as a kid always tried to find a word which may not be present in the dictionary but you know it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack .
Ooh!
Thankfully we have the “Real Academia de la Lengua Española” for Spanish dictionaries.
For Spain or in Latin America?
@@maryocecilyo3372 for everyone that speaks Spanish. The “Real Academia de la lengua Española” has a committee of 46 “Académicos de número” from different Spanish speaking countries.
True information about Dictionary: ruclips.net/video/XhPONRjIVPk/видео.html
Very beautiful... This is the best way to deal with language dictionaries and the language that people actually speak, away from complexity and detachment from reality.
Thnx Ted you answered my question that I've been thinking a long time.
Tysm TED-Ed for yet another fascinating video!
The oldest known and comprehensive dictionary of Turks was written by Mahmud al-Kashgari in the 11th century. Arabic-Turkish is a dictionary and is still frequently mentioned in the lessons. So, looks like it's important to us.
How do they find all the words? Please make a video on this Ted-ed or respond.
They can't.
@@segmentsAndCurves why not?
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The dictionary staff mostly reads and reads and reads. Circling/highlighting an existing word with a new usage (definition) or totally new words. They keep track of the new and if they keep encountering it over time it goes into the dictionary.
Everyone compliments the animation but I really like the sound design
Good point!
Can you tell us about the history of Magic?
which kind
@@dontspikemydrink9382 magic Johnson
Oh look! A new TED-Ed video. I was just rewatching another riddle video for the literally the hundreth time just earlier.
I would really like to see TedEd make a video on the Oxford Dictionary and it's criteria of including new words😀
This question stung me like forever, thanks for answering
Hey, as a riddle you could make a video including the following: 5 dastardly pirates have been riding the seas with eachother for the better time of a year, and in this time, have amassed 25 treasure chests filled with gold. One night the captain declared that he would be sharing all the wealth that they had gathered with his crew, and they cheered and celebrated, and as the moon rose they all headed off to bed with visions of gold and jewels in their heads! That night the captain went down to the haul, and turned the locks of each treasure chest, unlocking them for the crew to discover the next morning. However as he was heading back to bed he paused, thinking he had been too generous with his gold, and decided to turn the lock (meaning to make the treasure chest the opposite of what it was, for example if he turned the lock of a treasure chest that was unlocked it was now locked) of every second chest (2,4,6,8...) feeling still uneasy, he turned the lock of every third chest (3,6,9,12...) finally, he went back to his bed. However late at night his true pirate spirit took hold of him, and he was overwhelmed with greed. He scurried down to the haul and turned the lock of every fourth lock (4,8,12,16...) every fifth lock (5,10,15,20...) every sixth lock (6,12,18,24...) and went like this reaching all the way up to the twenty fifth chest. Finally, feeling satisfied, he went back to his bed, sleeping peacefully throughout the night. When the crew woke up and scurried down to the haul, which chests were they actually able to open?
Answer: you could go along listing off all the chests that are open and unopened, but there’s a surprisingly easy way to know the answer, all you have to do is find the square numbers, which are 1, 4, 9, 16, and 25.
Amazing content very informative
Wow! Amazing Job by Ted-Ed
Ted Ed never compromises on animation quality
This video notif showed up while I was thinking about downloading a Dictionary app - what a coincidence!
Who ever make the extravagant words but never ever to be used need to realize its the community that flourish it...
Wow... It's amazing
I have never thought of this question
Ted Ed is awesome!
I wonder how Ted Ed blends beautiful graphics and animation with so much knowledge...
It is really beautiful!
Thats what made studing English hard
and Ted made it easy 💚💚
This is so interesting! Also loved the animation style 😌
Ted once again perfectly answering questions I had but never decided to ask
PETER QUILL: I have to agree with the walking thesaurus on that one.
DRAX THE DESTROYER: Do not ever call me a "Thesaurus"!
Ted ed is the best channel on RUclips, period. The content, animations everything is perfection!
TED-Ed is low-key getting better
ngl this is true
Thank you for sharing. 😍
This is what you call an awesome Ted-Ed,and I love alot.
Also I'm glad I have my dictionary myself from like 7 or 6 years ago.
Even I have a pocket dictionary, approximately 8 years old.
Flawless and amazing animation as always
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That's fantastic....
Thank you so much for uploading such a beautiful, creative and informative video....keep going.......All the best and god bless you.....
Finally, I always wanted to know this.
Hail Samuel Johnson, who expressed real emotions to the lexicographer.
Ah, yes. The great Dr. Johnson. A true original.
Thanks for including
Велики речник страних речи и израза
❤️ from 🇷🇸
And not just that, he included one more book
Nice video about the dictionarys.
This animation reminds me of Distraction News from CrashBox, I loved watching that show growing up
Love seeing Ted ed
3:41 Poor dictionary, got stabbed even though it does nothing outside the world of (s)WORDs
When you read the dictionary every other book *of that language* is just a _remix_
Dictionary exam!!
Another best video yay
Great video
A PERFECT video on the subject. But it has more broader reach like the history of the dictionary etc... 🎉🎉🎉😊
Webster: Decides to make dictionary about the people
Also Webster: Makes Dictionary based on himself
*You became what you were meant to destroy*
There is something educative, unique always in TED -ed
Noah Webster is my 9th great grandfather. I didn’t know some of this info.
After watching The Professor and the Madman I thought the Oxford dictionary was first of its time to venture into how words are used in the 1880s. I didn't know Webster was well ahead of them. It's a shame he didn't make it a democratic thing as well.
Love the voice of narrator
Several years ago I started saying "hillo" as my form of greeting people. I should check to see if it's in the dictionary yet.
I love Ted-Ed 💖💖
I haven't seen a dictionary in years. Now, you just have to google words to get the updated roster.
I had this question for a longtime💯
Nice video 👌
me when I just realized ted-ed with 13M subscribers is still hearting people: Impossible!
TED Ed, answering questions that I never asked but still curious about why.
Salute the man who discovered dictionary.
Nice video.
Spell the way we speak: International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA. A lot of resources offer pronunciations with that like Wikipedia, but I use the Kenyon - Knott American English Pronouncing dictionary, or the android app "Pronunroid"
It's a lot more letters/symbols and some common rules seem odd at first like the ends of words with Y usually have an "ih" symbol over an "ee"; which are actually just capital I for "ih" and lowercase i for "ee"
Very cool, good luck👌🤝👍👍👍👌👌
And now Urban Dictionary is changing the whole game!
FASCINATING!!!
I would love to hear more opinionated dictionary definitions!
This actually seems interesting when you are awake at 3 am 😂😂
This is beautiful.
I cannot recommend highly enough “Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries” by Kory Stamper, for more on how dictionaries are made. One of my favorite books of all time.
Thank you
Just on my TV, it said 28 seconds. I'm so early!
It says 2 minutes for me. Glad to learn knowledge early!
Sir I’m sorry to say, but you are actually 28 seconds late
@@ind0266 😂😂😂
Thanks! Now explain who decides which words get pictures, and how the pictures are decided.
Man I wish I had this video like a week ago when I turned in an essay on basically this exact same thing
It's interesting to see how other languages view this topic. Unlike in the anglo-saxon world, where we treat our language like a raggedy used car, the French for exemple consider their language as an element of great pride and honor in their culture. It's easy for anglophones to ignore english mistakes, but the French will crucify each other (they are understanding to non native French speakers like me, so it's ok). So... In france there is the "Académie Française", that is run by people call "les Anciens" (The Ancient Ones)... They debate for years and years about changes to the dictionary. Unlike said in this TedEd vid.. there is no "we" who decide. It took them like 20 years to decide if the imported english word "weekend" should be with or without a dash... "Weekend" or "week-end".
The same happens with the Spanish language, however rae is faster to adopt new words to be included in the dictionary because it's a reflection of how people uses it.
I have been look for this for so long. Locals where i come from think a new word is added to the English dictionary whenever the queen of England makes an error in her articulation of an English word.
finding the word dictionary in the dictionary, irony = 100
Felix speaking Italian makes me laugh so hard even when his pronunciation is on point
“They is good” makes total sense 😹🙄
If you use the singular "they", then you'd be saying "They are good". At least that's how it's being used among people who identify as nonbinary and the people around them. None of them ever say "They is". They only say "They are" when referring to somebody non-binary or gender-unspecified.
Lots of love from India❤️
1:16 "to give the United States its own version of the English language"
Hold on, is Webster the person responsible for changing the spellings of "colour" to "color", "grey" to "gray", and "aluminium" to "aluminum"?
As well as changing the terminaisons of verbs from "-ise" to "-ize" and some nouns ending in "-re" into "-er".
There was plenty of other suggestions too but it seems like they didn't stuck.
More about that here : ruclips.net/video/vmxHfRCrMCM/видео.html
Seeing Serbian dictionaries in this video makes me so happy.
Dictionary: good.
Urban Dictionary: no comment.
I read the title of the video and was waiting for a Frindle quote at the beginning.
The animation is so fun
Can't wait to see yeet and yeeted in the dictionary some day! 😁