The Killer Who Wrote The Dictionary

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Комментарии • 55

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  Год назад +33

    Drop an F in the comments to pay respect to my man William Chester Minor.

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Год назад +30

    This is a story that should be told more often, if only for the sake of mentally ill or incarcerated people.
    Doing something terrible, shouldn't mean that you're no longer human or that your life is over. Especially if it's a lesser crime or if you have a mental illness. Conditions in prisons and asylums are still unacceptable 100 years later. Maybe this story could change some of the right minds.

  • @lp-xl9ld
    @lp-xl9ld Год назад +20

    The fact that Tolkien worked on the OED is mentioned in his official biography. Makes one wonder how many other interesting characters there were...

  • @JohnBender1313
    @JohnBender1313 Год назад +15

    The Professor and the Madman is one of my fave books. Good movie too.

  • @kailomonkey
    @kailomonkey Год назад +9

    I appreciate the sensitivity and kindness in the approach to William Chester Minor.

  • @A_Jel
    @A_Jel Год назад +1

    Bravo! A wonderful exposition with a message of hope.

  • @dennyzavada407
    @dennyzavada407 Год назад +1

    Great story! Thanks for choosing to share it.

  • @Reichieru1
    @Reichieru1 Год назад +4

    Another sneaky history video. I like it.

  • @MuriKakari
    @MuriKakari Год назад +2

    Though not actually related, I can say that needing a Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionary in my school supplies happened the same year we read The Devil and Daniel Webster and we were very convinced that Daniel and Noah were one in the same.

  • @veronicakidd3022
    @veronicakidd3022 7 месяцев назад

    Fascinating. Thanks for this
    I believe our family are related to James Murray a fact of which we are very proud having several word needs and book enthusiasts amongst our ranks. Both my grandfather and grandmother married into the Murray clan but we are not sure which line came from James Murray himself. Yes. They married cousins !

  • @selinaclark1758
    @selinaclark1758 Год назад +3

    Thanks! I really enjoy your videos. I love your knowledge and passion for the topics you present. Keep up with the good work! ~ I would also just like to take the opportunity to say thank you and let you know that I really appreciate you and your channel.

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  Год назад +2

      Thank you so much for the kind words Selina! They really mean a lot to me.

  • @roxanne9418
    @roxanne9418 4 месяца назад

    My thanks go to the man that has given us so much despite his circumstances !

  • @lah50tac
    @lah50tac Год назад +1

    Not "sigh lon" more like something between "say lon" and "sea lon".

  • @purplanet5583
    @purplanet5583 Год назад

    Amazing story! Love from Korea.

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards7142 Год назад +1

    People who write dictionaries look like Gary Cooper and hang out with dames who look like Barbara Stanwyck to research slang.

  • @Jay.B.2046
    @Jay.B.2046 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @joenke9
    @joenke9 Год назад +1

    what is that movie you talked about called would love to see it?

  • @KingsleyIII
    @KingsleyIII Год назад +4

    Skip to 5:03 to get to him talking about William Chester Minor.

  • @sameyers2670
    @sameyers2670 Год назад

    Thank you, this was really interesting

  • @MuriKakari
    @MuriKakari Год назад

    I wonder if this was Conan Doyle's inspiration for the distraction in The Red Headed League

  • @mastermavrick
    @mastermavrick Год назад

    Well that is interesting... and now i need i feel a need to rewatch "The Great Passage".

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards7142 Год назад +2

    Etymology doesn't sound like Tolkien's thing at all. 🤣

  • @MpSniperM1911
    @MpSniperM1911 Год назад +2

    press F for William

  • @kevincronk7981
    @kevincronk7981 Год назад +1

    How dod the mariam webster dictionary get written if the oxford dictionary was so hard to write?

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards7142 Год назад

    Possibly the best yet.

  • @fhbirsidha
    @fhbirsidha Год назад

    1:54 and looks like Dumbledore

  • @Rosalie_2005
    @Rosalie_2005 Год назад

    He did not write it, he contributed to write it.

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Год назад

    Any chance you can mention the Cambridge University Press? *

  • @lmboh8585
    @lmboh8585 Год назад +1

    F William! F = Fete = A celebration

  • @ss9O
    @ss9O Год назад

    F for the person who was shot by William Chester Minor.

  • @izackholmgren4686
    @izackholmgren4686 Год назад

    Hi Patrick

  • @toastedburton
    @toastedburton 3 месяца назад

    Ceylon is not pronounced that way.

  • @MuriKakari
    @MuriKakari Год назад

    F

  • @markjackson5806
    @markjackson5806 Год назад +2

    F minor

  • @Jay.B.2046
    @Jay.B.2046 Год назад

    F

  • @canis2020
    @canis2020 Год назад

    F

  • @dnm3732
    @dnm3732 Год назад

    F