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This article presents a number of historiographic and lexicographic facts in order to recall how the journal Nase rec (Our Speech) looked during the first half of the 20th century, what was published in it, and, in particular, how closely it was tied to the Czech Dictionary Office during the period when extensive lexical data were collected and the nine-volume Prirucni slovnik jazyka ceskeho (Desk Dictionary of Czech) was prepared and published.