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minus-squareFredericChopin_@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoDr William Minor submitted over 10,000 words to the first draft of the Oxford English Dictionary from a Scottish Lunatic Asylum. There was a movie about it called The Professor and the Madman.
minus-squareSomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI haven’t seen it. Is it worth a watch?
minus-squareFredericChopin_@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI would say it’s worth a watch. I enjoyed it. I’m not much of a movie buff though so.
minus-squareSomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoNeither am I but I’ll give it a go - thanks!
minus-squarev_krishna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s a book too, quite good and worth a read
Dr William Minor submitted over 10,000 words to the first draft of the Oxford English Dictionary from a Scottish Lunatic Asylum.
There was a movie about it called The Professor and the Madman.
I haven’t seen it. Is it worth a watch?
I would say it’s worth a watch. I enjoyed it. I’m not much of a movie buff though so.
Neither am I but I’ll give it a go - thanks!
It’s a book too, quite good and worth a read