Susie Dent : (4)

" The extraordinary thing about new words is that probably only about one per cent of them are new. Most are old words revived and adapted. " - Susie Dent

" My work, my love of words, became my refuge, both when I was working on bilingual dictionaries for Oxford University Press and then via my involvement with ‘Countdown’ – and now ‘Catsdown,’ as I call it. " - Susie Dent

" I’m a big believer in change and embrace the fact that English is probably the fastest-moving language in the world. " - Susie Dent

" As dialect began to be collected in the late 19th century, such words as Yorkshire’s ‘gobslotch’ emerged, revealing the burgeoning association between gluttony and stupidity. " - Susie Dent