SUSIE DENT

'Susie Dent' (born 21 September 1967^[1] 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 5'' subtitled ''English on the Move, 2003-2007'' will be published in 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 a daughter, Lucy, born in February 2000, and is expecting her second child in the Autumn of 2007.

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1. IMDB profile

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★ Channel 4 Countdown Page

★ BBC - Oxford - Voices - Susie Dent interview

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★ Biography - Jane Morgan Management