Susie Dent
| Susie Dent | |
|---|---|
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| Born | Woking, Surrey, England[1] |
| Education | Marist Convent in Ascot |
| Occupation | Lexicographer and television presenter |
| Known for | Countdown (1992-Present) |
| Children | 2 |
Susie Dent (born in Woking, Surrey[1]) is an English lexicographer and etymologist. She is best known for her work in Countdown's "Dictionary Corner" on Channel 4.
Education and early career
Dent was educated at the Marist Convent in Ascot, an independent Roman Catholic day school.[2] She went on to Somerville College, Oxford for her B.A. in modern languages, then to Princeton University for her master's degree in German.[3]
Countdown
Dent is well known as the resident lexicographer and adjudicator on Channel 4's long-running game show Countdown. She is the longest-serving member of the show's current on-screen team, having first appeared in 1992; she has made over 2500 appearances.[4] While she was on maternity leave over the winter of 2007–08, she was replaced as lexicographer by Alison Heard. She also works on the spin-off show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.[5]
Personal life
Dent is married and has two children. She revealed on Countdown that she is a vegetarian.
Published books
From 2003 to 2007, Dent was the author of a series of annual Language Reports for the Oxford University Press (OUP). The first was entitled simply The Language Report, and this was followed by Larpers and Shroomers (2004), Fanboys and Overdogs (2005), The Like, Language Report for Real (2006) and The Language Report: English on the Move 2000 – 2007 (2007). The format of this publication was revised for 2008 as an A–Z collection of new and newly resurrected words. It was published in October 2008 as Words of the Year.[6] In 2005 the same publisher issued Winning Ways (ISBN 0199198748) and in 2009 What Made the Crocodile Cry? 101 questions about the English language (ISBN 0199574154). Dent's book about dialects, How to Talk Like a Local (ISBN 1905211791), was published in March 2010.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Susie Dent interview". Oxford voices. BBC. 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Times Educational Supplement; 1 August 2008
- ↑ Oppenheimer, Jeni (8 June 2009). "Channel 4's Countdown supplies Susie Dent with 'extra ideas' via earpiece". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ The Countdown Page on lexicographers.
- ↑ "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown". Channel 4. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "Amazon.co.uk listing". Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ↑ "Amazon.co.uk listing". Retrieved 25 November 2010.
External links
- "Dent's blog entries for OUP".
- "Channel 4 Countdown Page".
- Voices (BBC Oxford). "Susie Dent interview".
- "Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast interview".
- Susie Dent at the Internet Movie Database