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Show Thursday, December 16,1971 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 41 Tell Me Why When WasDictionary Developed? TELL HER! Wis The New Book of Knowledge (20 volumes). Send your questions, name, age, address to “Tell Me Why!” care of this paper. Include Zip Code. In case of duplicate questions, “ve MARY WORTH By Saunders & Ernst L- DIDNT COME FOR [REAL mas. vancieve, 7 | THAT, MR-SAMUELS!.--ALLL | i SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, WANT15: L WAS HOPING YOU TLL SEE HER Fi OR JUST AM) NUTE, MILLER, RAI Ry! IN IF YOU CAME TO ONSCUISS COULD TELL ME--- WHERE THE DIVORCE! the auther will decide winner, Today's winneris: Wynter, Jamaica, West indies. It_seems that people have always felt the need to have difficult words explained. The first dictionary is Western civilization goes back to about 200 B.C. A Greek called Aristophanes of Byzantium put together a list of rare and difficult Greek words with their definitions. The ancient Greeks also had dictionaries that related to special subjects, such as cookery, drinking vessels, synonyms, and expressions. Latin dictionaries were developed later, and when Latin pronounced.Its definitions were Sane: Oh: Ss thet wero yes get became the languageof scholars Superior to any that had and the internation language, appeared before, and for the there were many Latin first time it had literary dictionaries. quotations, to show how authors The first English dictionary had used the words. was compiled by Robe.: In 1806, Noah Webster Cawdrey in 1604. It consisted of published a small school about 3,000 hard words. In fact, dictionary that left out many for a hundred years English useless words, and included dictionary makers were only in Many new ones. He also showed, explaining hard words, for the first time,the difference This was finally changed bya between how the English and the man called John Kersey. In 1702 Americans used certain words. he published his “New Faglish In 1828 he lished his first Dictionary”. It contained about largedictionary, “An American 28,000 words and included Dictionary of the English common, eve, yday words of the Language.” uage After that, many English dictionaries appeared. In 1755, Samuel Johnson published “A Dictionary of the English Language”. It had about 40,000 words, But what was important about it was that it explained how words should be REDEYE om Speaker: There are 23 jails in this state and I'm proud I've never beeninone. Voice: Which one? Mary; Whenever I'm down in the dumps I buy myself a new hat. ACROSS. 1. Large plant. 4, What autos run on. 6. To hold a position. 7. Exists, 8. Old form of “‘you"’. DOWN, 2. The self. 3. Not difficult. 5. To observe. 6, Postscript, By Gordon Bess By Al Capp --- SIXTEEN INCHES IN NOME AND (ANdLIFT HIM )S1GGor WE. OUTOF THE IGNORANCE THAT \, SURROUNDS -—% ay MI MORE BXPECTED ) <1) rg | ener ers) a ie G7 \(earpye:) €e WINTHROP. AND WHEN THEY Do, ITLL JUST THROW 'EM OFF THE T ’ i 3 : ; i : ‘ : ap, tA 5 3 § ") 4 —______ ; : 12-16 ees Tes iS poe ALL By Coker And Penn LANCELOT : RONIANCE, OLE! WHATS ON (ROMANCE, VIOLENCE, £T Wiu. Do Us GOOD To Goes We ) retina woes et AWIAY FROM THE COMMERCIN.S)/ ——— b mousteRS MONE ORI ) { Sy AND sex.p> 7K rs), | [ ey Md fly 7 (asl WE M © HTL By IA, es TM ag. US. Pat OM NANCY BUGS BUNNY GOSH, THIS IS A TOUGH CROSSWORD EOeite: NOVELTY CO. STAGE MONEY THIS WILL BE YOUR —L UNLUCKY |y++DAY HMMM! WHAT'S A FOUR-LETTER WORD MEANING TH’SOUND Syaemnateaeet bec-16 By Alfred Andriola THEY ML 5 NEVER FIGGERED AND, LATER WHEN HE PULLS INTO THE NOMAD! WHAT HAPPENED? KAVRAH ESTATE TOA: 1S MY LITTLE GIRL Y GOT RID OF ME THEY LOOK, BABY! WE CAN'T, XN STICK AROUND HERE INDEFINITELYWE'VE GOT SELL MY JEWELRY? NO WAY, TEDDY BOY! TO MOVE ON TO NEW TERRITORY! yl I BOUGHT THAT WITH jf MY SPLIT FROM THAT TAKES CASH! AND WE'VE GOT A BAD CASE OF TH OUR JOBS! BEHIND WHEN WE WRCHED THE CAR IN FLORIDA! = = ‘ NOT GETTINGYOUR HOTLITTLE HANDS lad TEDDY eB ) ‘ ALL RIGHT? EMPLOYER! ALLEY OOP wn THeShipOSCAR, WE'VE GOTTA GET | “Guta HERE! toxemer. BURN, wey, YES. rae WILL ANYOF”) THE BEDDING / THIS STUFF _BURNF 1JUSTMAILED TO SAN’ TA? By V.T. Hamlin HERE, ALLEY...PILE IT }——— cobane me) a THAT KID UPIN THE MIDDLE o(Gor RAND mH SET IT AFIRE! — By Marcia Course AMANDA PANDA ros Siboat and S49 2M gargyict400 o SAILBOAT SWING SANDWICH |