Talk:List of contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary
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editConverted from category per consensus at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_October_8#Category:Contributors_to_the_Oxford_English_Dictionary. – Fayenatic London 22:38, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
Didn't Joseph Wright (linguist) contribute words to the Oxford English Dictionary? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 04:12, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Thomas Austin
editShouldn't we have a listing for Thomas Austin Jr, who was the most prolific contributor to the OED, having sent in 165,061 slips across a decade? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 04:28, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
John Dormer
editShouldn't we have a listing for John Dormer, who contributed 20,665 words to the Oxford English Dictionary? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 21:11, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Shouldn't we have a listing for Henry Spencer Ashbee, who contributed words to the Oxford English Dictionary? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 21:19, 17 September 2023 (UTC)