I don’t know when I fell in love with words. I think Becca had something to do with it. I looked up to that woman. Her poetry was so class, and she refused to write very much of it. …As though she dared not accumulate. Anyway, it was two years later, at the tender age of 21, that my friend Katy introduced me to the Oxford English, and it’s been non stop ever since. And here, for you, without paying for access to the OED online, is your chance to help word-nerds everywhere:

http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt/

But wait, there’s more. For a limited time, callers will receive a free hyperlink to the OED’s side project, dedicated to pulling knowledge from aficionado communities. Check out

http://www.jessesword.com/sf/

The list of specific words they need help with can be found here. I’m so proud that we live in a time when people do this. When people are so much in love with language that we invest time in antedating, interdating and postdating. As in, “Prior to Stephen Chalmers, writing for the New York Times in 1908, did anyone use the word ‘aerocar?’” Your language needs you!