Fine words to live by: Former OED editor to lead discussions at West Cork Literary Festival

John Simpson, former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, will lead a discussion on the famous lexicon at West Cork Literary Festival, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

ONE of the charming aspects about the history of the Oxford English Dictionary, which has been the go-to resource for the stories of words for over a century, is that the public played a handsome part in its original compilation.