Click on the links to hear John Simpson, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, answer the questions below.

• Where do things stand on the third edition of the dictionary? Click here.
• Why did work on revisions of the dictionary start at the letter ‘M’ rather than ‘A’? Click here.

• Is it the case that editors no longer have to progress sequentially through the dictionary making their revisions? Click here.
• What is involved in revising a dictionary entry and how long does it generally take? Click here.
• How does John Simpson embark on assessing an entry? Click here.