My Favorite Dictionary
When I bought my first paperback American Heritage Dictionary
decades ago in my hometown Frankfurt Am Main in a small book shop specialized in
American books near the Amerika Haus, I loved the many images it contained. It
was almost like a picture dictionary. I spent many hours looking up words and marveling
about their meaning etc.
The Value Of Pictures Of Criminals In English
Dictionaries
However, I always wondered why the publisher saw it so important
to have a photography of the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln in this
dictionary. It still irks me. Was that a case of moral relativism or early
political correctness?
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