My Friend, the Dictionary

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"My Friend, the Dictionary" is a humorous and heartfelt song from the Broadway musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, sung by the character Olive Ostrovsky as she reveals her love of words and her loneliness.

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My Friend, the Dictionary canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacterTrait Olive Ostrovsky's loneliness ⓘ
Olive Ostrovsky's love of reading ⓘ
Olive Ostrovsky's shyness ⓘ
audiencePerception funny ⓘ
touching ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext original production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ
fromMusical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ
genre character song ⓘ
comedy song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme childhood ⓘ
emotional isolation ⓘ
family neglect ⓘ
friendship with books ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
love of words ⓘ
medium stage performance ⓘ
musicalType Broadway musical song ⓘ
narrativeFocus Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ
narrativeFunction backstory exposition ⓘ
character introduction song for Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ
partOfWork The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ
performedBy actress playing Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ
performedIn The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway production) ⓘ
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (regional productions) ⓘ
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (school and amateur productions) ⓘ
settingContext Putnam County Spelling Bee competition ⓘ
subjectMatter coping with loneliness through words ⓘ
relationship between a child and her dictionary ⓘ
sungByCharacter Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ
targetMedium live theatre ⓘ
title My Friend, the Dictionary ⓘ
tone heartfelt ⓘ
humorous ⓘ
workType musical number ⓘ

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee → notableSong → My Friend, the Dictionary ⓘ
My Friend, the Dictionary → title → My Friend, the Dictionary ⓘ
Olive Ostrovsky → singsIn → My Friend, the Dictionary ⓘ