Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, explains the rise of «run» and the decline of
a formerly rich word, «set.»
Formerly Salem Village Where a
Rich Colonial Heritage Abides The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, likely derived from a Wôpanâak
word muswach8sut, segmented as