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While the teacher was animated and interesting, there was one big problem: He could never pronounce my name right. Every time he took role, he called out “Valeria,” rhyming with malaria ...

Throughout their history, dictionaries have been understood as sources of authority, whether that authority has been claimed by their makers or imputed by their audiences. In English-language contexts ...