tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738289706734415811.post1181429870050297011..comments2023-05-15T06:41:25.569-04:00Comments on Be Swift my Soul to Answer Him; Be Jubilant my Feet: Writing, Reading, and Communicating versus Texting, Skimming, and GistingCanyon Shearer, DMinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07532193132267331015noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738289706734415811.post-31379858409465845132009-12-22T08:34:39.753-05:002009-12-22T08:34:39.753-05:00Hah, thanks for pointing that out, I've correc...Hah, thanks for pointing that out, I've corrected the name error. I always get the two mixed up; I even have Noah's <i>Advice for Young Men</i> and <i>Blue Back Speller</i>; yet I always refer to Daniel as the dictionary compiler...I'll get it right someday!Canyon Shearer, DMinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532193132267331015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738289706734415811.post-30581778422814480942009-12-22T07:53:22.774-05:002009-12-22T07:53:22.774-05:00A very little girl once asked: "Mithter Webth...A very little girl once asked: "Mithter Webther? Thir. Are You the gweat man who made the big Dicthionary?" <br />No. No. No. In Marshfield, . . in my library, I believe I have every dictionary ever written, but it was Noah Webster, a distant cousin, who wrote the dictionary. <br />I once endeavored to persuade an elderly gentleman that Noah "made" the Dictionary, but the old fellow said: "No, he didn't. You can't fool me, it was Noah who built the ark!" <br />Let me, with Authority say: the word “webster" or "wabster" means: "weaver," a “male weaver." I shall weave my story for you.<br /><br />From: "I Still Live!" -- a solo history performance.Jim Cookehttp://www.crankyyankees.netnoreply@blogger.com