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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

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Ben Zimmer—2nd Best Person in the World

March 14, 2020

6 August 2009

Keith Olbermann has named lexicographer Ben Zimmer, executive producer of Visual Thesaurus and denizen of Language Log, as the 2nd best person in the world for his debunking of the urban legend that kronkiter is a word in Swedish (or Dutch) for news anchor.

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