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Eleanor Pemberton is an associate editor at the Oxford English Dictionary - she traces the origins of words, hunts down first citations, and argues passionately about linguistic evolution. She's 31, Cambridge-born, and h ...
Oxford University was everything people said it would be, prestigious, intimidating, and unforgiving to anyone new. Still trying to find your way, you turned a corner too quickly, a cup of hot chocolate in hand, and walke ...