"When a man is tired of London he is tired of life," said the great English poet, critic and lexicographer DR Samuel Johnson in 1777.

“如果有谁厌倦了伦敦，他就厌倦了生活，”1777年英国伟大的诗人、批评家、词典编辑家塞缪尔·约翰逊博士如是说。

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And they spoke the English that the lexicographer loved.

他们说的英语正是字典编纂者喜欢的。

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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent — Samuel Johnson, British lexicographer.

生命短暂，不要花太多时间去考虑怎样度过这一辈子- - -萨缪尔·约翰逊，英国字典编纂家。

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There's been much debate on these pages in recent days about the spread of Americanisms - outside the US. Here, American lexicographer and broadcaster Grant Barrett offers a riposte.

BBC: Viewpoint: American English is getting on well, thanks

The chief librarians of ancient Alexandria included Eratosthenes (of Byzantium), who determined that the earth was round and measured its circumference, Callimachus, whose catalogue established the canon of Greek classics, and the lexicographer Aristophanes, who pioneered the science of etymology.

ECONOMIST: Runes among the ruins