April 14

As hard as it may be to believe there are still a few people who rely on actual dictionaries to check their spelling or, more rarely, look up a word’s definition. Most people seem to rely, instead, on Bill Gates’ spell-check. If you actually have a dictionary and know how to use it, pause for a moment on the 14th and offer a word of thanks to Noah Webster, who, on that date in 1828, copyrighted his first dictionary.