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@Frenchi. What myth or urban legends did you believe growing up ?

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@Dylwa77 If you were granted a wish to learn the truth about one controversial event, what would it be?
@APalm Do you remember a time that you succumbed to peer pressure, or resisted it?

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@hillcatgut Name an actor or politician that you met - was your impression of them different than their public persona.

Harold made a comment on the five the other day that he likes Al Sharpton. For those of you who live in and around NY and remember Tawana Brawley, that was Sharpton’s rise. Wake up Harold.

In Linguistic History:

On April 15, 1755, Dr. Samuel Johnson published his monumental A Dictionary of the English Language in London. Compiled almost entirely alone over seven years, it contained over 40,000 words, defined with over 114,000 citations. It served as the primary English dictionary for over a century, setting a new standard for lexicography.

Key details regarding the publication:

Structure: It was a two-volume folio work, printed by W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton, containing comprehensive usage examples from writers like Shakespeare.

Goal: Johnson aimed to "fix" the language, which he felt was "copious without order, and energetick without rules".

Significance: While not the first English dictionary, it was the most comprehensive of its time, defined by its detailed, sometimes witty, definitions.

Legacy: It became the standard reference until the Oxford English Dictionary was published in 1888.

You can browse a digital version of this historic work through the Johnson's Dictionary ...