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Index cards and the Oxford English Dictionary
Listen to the stories about the origins of the OED.
In this interview, Michael Proffitt, Editor-in-Chief of the OED, shares his experience of working with index cards for the OED.
Your task
What do you think about the way in which dictionaries were created in the past?How does it relate to your idea of dictionaries today?
