He also loved words and writing. The museum has special proof of Porter's love of language -- his dictionary.

VOA: special.2010.12.17

The dictionary says that the word "mosaic" means a picture or design that is made by placing small colored pieces together.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

With a computer,recorder,and camera, this language activist can work toward creating a dictionary of the Ishir language.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The Dictionary of Soldier Talk says GI was used for the words galvanized iron in a publication about the vehicles of the early twentieth century.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Erin Jansen is founder of Netlingo, an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Well,no one really knows. The Oxford English Dictionary lists about six hundred fifteen thousand words.

VOA: special.2011.01.12

The Oxford Dictionary of Superstitions says the poem dates back to the nineteenth century.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

The same dictionary also says another former definition of eighty-six was undesirable customer.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

Here is a recording of several words in the dictionary.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

He put it in his English language dictionary in eighteen-oh-six.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

She wrote that her dictionary was her best friend.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Erin Jansen,founder of Netlingo, an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms, also says the new technology has not fundamentally changed existing language but added immensely to the vocabulary.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16