As a child, the gift of a dictionary sparked my love of rare words – which snowballed like a hogamadog
Paul Anthony Jones
Christmas morning. I must have been about seven years old. My grandparents had just arrived at our house and my family’s presents were all being excitedly exchanged. At last, they came to me, and my grandmother handed over something that seemed absolutely enormous. It was broad, flat, solid and extraordinarily heavy. With little clue about what to expect, I tore it open and found myself holding a hardback illustrated children’s edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Most kids, I am sure, would have rolled their eyes.… Lês fierder