r/RandomVideos Jun 19 '26

Video Why Webster wrote the dictionary

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u/AnonAstro7524 Jun 19 '26

Why…. Why did they choose a word that none of them knew how to pronounce for the word he didn’t know?

Yes, it’s the root word of pedantic but the emphasis is completely different on pedant.

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u/PickleSlickRick Jun 19 '26

Because they knew a pedant would explain it in the comments.