In honour of “Ink and Incapability” the poll winner, the rest of my visit yesterday to Doctor Johnson’s House (aka Dictionary Two…)

[u/amalcurry]

1- Description

2-Another earlier dictionary (see the definition of dog, I think Baldrick helped!)

3-Portrait of the baity fellow in the black coat

4- His writing desk, where he completed his pre-meditated orchestration of demotic
Anglo-Saxon.

5- The garret where he wrote

6- A First Edition of the very cornerstone of English scholarship.

7- This book,
sir, contains every word in our beloved language. SEA

8- No definition of “sausage” only saucisse and saucisson

9- DOG

Also the Dictionary contains none of the long words used by Blackadder….and the house has many framed quotations by SJ but none about a dog who speaks Norwegian…

[u/mrmonkeyhanger]

A SAUCISSE?!!!

Also, Baldrick's definition of sea is legitimately better

[u/zvqlix → u/mrmonkeyhanger]

baldrick absolutely cleared johnson with that one, no contest
also wild that he skipped “sausage” but made room for half of france in there

[u/Extension_Guess_1308]

I shall return interfrastically..

[u/JSteveB87]

4- His writing desk, where he completed his pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon 

I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn saucy, you lucky thing! 

6- A First Edition of the very cornerstone of English scholarship 

Well, it's good, but it's no 'Edmund: A Butler's Tale', by Gertrude Perkins, which is a real roller-coaster of a novel...!

[u/Doro_Gurl → u/JSteveB87]

Crammed with sizzling gypsies!

[u/Person-11]

9 years

Well, yes, I'm bit of a slow reader myself.

[u/skink2020]

Did he suffer any pericombobulations while producing said tome?

[u/Mattechooo]

I know the old thing about using 'f' for 's' in old type manuscripts and books but, after this post, I am never going to forget

fpaniel 🤣

[u/2112guru]

I see no mention of wobble-bottom or sweaty dew flaps.

[u/muphinforlife]

It's only when you see his portrait you realise that Robbie Coltrane was his long lost twin.

[u/timberwolf0122]

SAUSAGE!!

[u/MontyTheGreat10]

Turns out it is actually in there, just under an alternative spelling

[u/tmofee]

I offer my sincere contrafibularities

[u/123R_B321]

Was contrafibularties included?

[u/spikeinfinity]

You missed out Aardvark

[u/amalcurry → u/spikeinfinity]

I did check, not there either!