Susie Dent
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| Susie Dent | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 21 1967[dubious] Woking, England |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Author, television personality and lexicographer |
Susie Dent (born 21 September 1967[dubious] in Woking, Surrey) is an English lexicographer, best known as the resident expert and adjudicator on Channel 4’s long-running game show Countdown.
Dent studied Modern Languages at the University of Oxford and German at Princeton University, USA, after which she worked as a language teacher in the United States and for a German publisher before going to work for the Oxford University Press (OUP). She now works as a writer and contributor to discussions of language issues and words in the news. Since 2003 she has been the author of a series of annual Language Reports for the OUP. The first was entitled simply The Language Report; it was followed by Larpers and Shroomers (2004), Fanboys and Overdogs (2005) and The like, Language Report for real in 2006. The Language Report subtitled English on the Move 2000 - 2007 was published on 4 October 2007.
Dent has appeared on Countdown for over 14 years, having made over 1,000 appearances. In his memoir, Himoff! (2000), Countdown's late presenter, Richard Whiteley testified to Susie's overwhelming popularity with viewers. She is currently consulting on a number of television projects, including a large-scale language venture for the BBC. She is fluent in French and German.
She has two daughters, Lucy, born in February 2000, and Thea, born in October 2007. [1]
