My foray into Lexicography. I’ve have been fascinated with words since my 4th grade teacher, Ms. Hosenfeld (more on her in another post perhaps), asked us to explain why things were identified by the names they had been given. At the tender age of nine, this was absolutely boggling. I remember thinking, “Why is a chair called a chair?” OMG, that was like asking me to explain infinity. I thought surely I would lose my mind.

Well, I can’t recall the outcome of that assignment (remember, I hinted that this teacher may come up in a future post) but suffice it to say, I doubt it was favorable. However, it didn’t suppress my enthusiasm for language!