stackyFACTSThe first major attempt to catalog the English language wasn't for academics; it was for people who didn't know what they were doing.
The first major attempt to catalog the English language wasn't for academics; it was for people who didn't know what they were doing. In 1604, a schoolmaster named Robert Cawdrey published 'A Table Alphabeticall.' He explicitly stated on the cover that it was gathered for the benefit of 'Ladies, Gentlewomen, or any other unskilfull persons' who couldn't understand the fancy Latin terms snobs were using. It was basically a Renaissance cheat sheet.
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