Jamieson's Dictionary

Scots lexicography from John Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1808/25). ‘Frae Jamieson’s muckle buik the words tak wing.'

[Jamieson's Dictionary @JamiesonDict]

Just published in @DictionarySocNA Journal. 'The Emigrant Dictionary: Robert Peattie's Annotations to Jamieson' https://t.co/mbdZLdjs3c
- anent a copy of Jamieson now in @uofglibrary, formerly owned by a Scottish schoolteacher in 19c NZ. @CissOtago @LiamMcIlvanney @scotslanguage

[Old Edinburgh Club @OldEdinClub]

Jean Guild Grants Programme Round 2. Folks, a reminder that the deadline for applying for a project grant up to £3,500 or an individual research grant up to £500 is fast approaching on 10th Jan 2025 . More info on criteria and how to apply see our website https://t.co/wTSgJwXR44

[Jamieson's Dictionary @JamiesonDict]

'Rather than treating his dictionary as a passive reminder of the life he had left behind, Peattie actively added to its information... offering vignettes from [his] boyhood in Fife, as well as recording the continuing use of Scots among his fellow emigrants in Otago.' (Rennie)

[Jamieson's Dictionary @JamiesonDict]

Just published in @DictionarySocNA Journal. 'The Emigrant Dictionary: Robert Peattie's Annotations to Jamieson' https://t.co/mbdZLdjs3c
- anent a copy of Jamieson now in @uofglibrary, formerly owned by a Scottish schoolteacher in 19c NZ. @CissOtago @LiamMcIlvanney @scotslanguage

[Jack Lynch @JackLynch000]

A virtual tour and Q&A for those who couldn’t make the Hardly Harmless Drudgery exhibition in person.

Bryan did the pre-recorded walkthrough solo — I was under the weather — but we’ll both be there for the live chat on Tuesday. https://t.co/OsHjQRVeZx

[Jack Lynch @JackLynch000]

You haven’t seen Hardly Harmless Drudgery at the Grolier Club yet? — what’s wrong with you?!?! You’ve got less than two weeks! https://t.co/19ia2wQlhH

[The OED @OED]

Oh my ears and whiskers! It’s Alice’s Day! Learn about the earliest known use of some terms associated with Carroll’s classic story, and explore more by signing in to the OED with your library card or through a personal subscription.

Access the OED: https://t.co/2otpJ3qka5

[Jack Lynch @JackLynch000]

... in which Bryan Garner and I gab about dictionaries, on the occasion of the @GrolierClub exhibition and the publication of the book.
https://t.co/BVg4i5NOy0

[Ana Salgado @acastrosalgado]

ICHLL 15
Lisbon, Portugal
June 25–27, 2025
On behalf of the International Society for Historical Lexicology and Lexicography, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences is pleased to host this event from June 25–27, 2025, in Lisbon, Portugal.
@ISHLL3 @acadcienciaslx @CLUNL_ @costamrv

[Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social @PeterMGilliver]

This is both an autotrombation and an appeal to others to allotrombate. I’ve so far done very little to promote my website https://t.co/O3V4S9ClBa; could I ask you to consider mentioning it to relevant friends, linking to it from relevant places, etc? I do think it’s of interest.

[The Grolier Club @GrolierClub]

In Samuel Johnson's era, Ann Fisher compiled "An Accurate New Spelling Dictionary," the first English dictionary by a woman. Learn more about how she filled in Johnson's lexicographic gaps at "Hardly Harmless Drudgery," open Mon-Sat, 10-5, or visit online: https://t.co/e1Dj1GjA8U

[Jamieson's Dictionary @JamiesonDict]

#OTD

[The Johnson Society @SamJohnsonSoc]

On 16 May 1763, James Boswell finally realised his ambition to meet Samuel Johnson, at Thomas Davies’s bookshop on Russell Street in Covent Garden. Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. was first published on 16 May 1791, the date being chosen to commemorate their meeting.

[The Grolier Club @GrolierClub]

"Hardly Harmless Drudgery: Landmarks in English Lexicography" is now open in our Ground-Floor Gallery! The exhibition traces the developments of dictionaries, & the tribulations of their compilers, over 500 years. Visit Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, or online: https://t.co/e1Dj1GjA8U

[Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social @PeterMGilliver]

It was 96 years today that the final section of the first edition of the OED was published. Lots of interesting stuff about the completion here: https://t.co/LW6cGX1mSh

[Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social @PeterMGilliver]

I'm most grateful to Anatoly Liberman for his allotrombation. How could I not be grateful to a man who calls my book ‘a work of incredible erudition’ and ‘monumental’? https://t.co/3JiLKDiu1f

[Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social @PeterMGilliver]

@alanpeat For more on some of those creators, see https://t.co/Qe6BmhFsKS

[Oxford Academic @OUPAcademic]

English is full of odd words and puzzling idioms. Eminent etymologist Anatoly Liberman decodes them in "Origin Uncertain", a history of language and its meanings.

Learn more: https://t.co/MqmlmfruBB

[Voltaire Foundation @VoltaireOxford]

📢 New lecture series on Digital Enlightenment Studies! 📢All welcome on 2 May, 5pm, Weston Library @bodleianlibs. Glenn Roe (@LettresSorbonne/@VoltaireOxford) talks on 'The Poetics of Text Reuse: Digital Intertextuality in the 18th-Century Archive' https://t.co/w0PyBVqMas

[Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social @PeterMGilliver]

OK, so that idea I had of making my #OEDUnsungHero pieces more widely available? Well, there is now a VERY RUDIMENTARY website:
https://t.co/Qe6BmhFsKS
(And I mean rudimentary. I have a long way to go with WordPress.) Feel free to take a look, and indeed to share if so inclined.

[Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social @PeterMGilliver]

In addition to updated content, there is also updated functionality, in response to user feedback (for more on the latter see https://t.co/YHlt7lvK9t; this is an ongoing process).