# The β€˜Tale of Two Dictionaries,’ with Peter Sokolowski Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/the-tale-of-two-dictionaries-with-peter-sokolowski Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/the-tale-of-two-dictionaries-with-peter-sokolowski.md Podcast: [Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700) Published: 2026-03-19T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69c1476c007cdcf83fc0964b/e/645db7cd-4af7-4958-b16c-0c36ce9d5373/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/episodes/the-tale-of-two-dictionaries-with-peter-sokolowski Duration seconds: 1378 ## Resource 1169. In this bonus segment, originally released in November, we look at Peter Sokolowski's "Tale of Two Dictionaries," tracing the word "dictionary" back to a 16th-century Latin work by a monk named Calepino. We look at how this original source led to the first monolingual dictionaries in both English and French, all within a year of each other. Find Peter on BlueSky. πŸ”— Join the Grammar Girl Patreon. πŸ”— Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) πŸ”— Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses . πŸ”— Subscribe to the newsletter . πŸ”— Take our advertising survey . πŸ”— Get the edited transcript . πŸ”— Get Grammar Girl books . | HOST: Mignon Fogarty | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network . Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb | Theme music by Catherine Rannus . | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube . TikTok . Facebook . Threads . Instagram . LinkedIn . Mastodon . Bluesky . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/episodes/the-tale-of-two-dictionaries-with-peter-sokolowski/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/grammar-girl-for-writers-and-language-lovers-159700/the-tale-of-two-dictionaries-with-peter-sokolowski.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.