Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 2

Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 2

Noah Webster Jr. and Joseph Emerson Worcester were both born in New England, both went to Yale, and both compiled multiple dictionaries during their lifetimes. But they were very different men, and those differences led to a lot of conflict.

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