 
 <prompt> ```Answer di questions wey dey di end based on di tori.

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, na one American company wey dey publish reference books, especially dem sabi for dia dictionaries.

In 1831, George and Charles Merriam start di company as G & C Merriam Co. for Springfield, Massachusetts. For 1843, after Noah Webster die, di company buy di rights to "An American Dictionary of the English Language" from Webster's estate. All Merriam-Webster dictionaries dey trace back to dis source.

For 1964, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. buy Merriam-Webster, Inc. as subsidiary. Di company come change dia name to di current one for 1982.

For 1806, Webster publish him first dictionary. For 1807, Webster start two decades of serious work to expand him publication into one comprehensive dictionary, "An American Dictionary of the English Language". To help am trace di origin of words, Webster learn 26 languages. Webster hope to standardize American speech, because Americans for different parts of di country dey use different vocabularies and dey spell, pronounce, and use words differently.

Webster finish him dictionary during him year abroad for 1825 for Paris, and for University of Cambridge. Him 1820s book get 70,000 words, and about 12,000 never appear for any dictionary before. As one spelling reformer, Webster believe say English spelling rules dey too complex, so him dictionary introduce American English spellings, wey replace "colour" with "color", "waggon" with "wagon", and "centre" with "center". Him add American words like "skunk" and "squash", wey no dey for British dictionaries. For 1828, Webster publish him dictionary at 70 years old; e no sell well, with only 2,500 copies wey put am for debt. But for 1840, him publish di second edition for two volumes wey sell well.

1. Who buy Merriam Webster?
2. Who buy dem for 1964?
3. Wetin Merriam Webster dey popular for?
4. Wetin be di type of book?
5. Wetin be Webster first name?
6. Wetin him get di rights to?
7. When him die?
8. Who buy di rights to him dictionary after dat?
9. When Webster first publish one dictionary?
10. Wetin happen before dat?
11. How long e take am to expand am into something bigger?
12. E learn plenty languages?
13. How many?
14. For wetin purpose?
15. Wetin be him goal for creating dis book?
16. People across di country dey talk things differently?
17. Where him finally finish him work?
18. For where?
19. For where else?
20. How many words never dey for any dictionary before?

Numbered answers:``` <response>: ```1. G & C Merriam Co
2. Encyclopædia Britannica
3. Dictionaries.
4. A reference book.
5. Noah.
6. An American Dictionary of the English Language
7. 1843
8. George and Charles Merriam.
9. 1828
10. 1806
11. 2 decades.
12. Yes
13. 26
14. Help am trace the origin of words.
15. Standardize American speech
16. Yes
17. 1825
18. Paris
19. University of Cambridge
20. 12,000``` 