Reading the OED
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Reading the OED by Ammon Shea
An obsessive word lover's account of reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary, hailed as the Super Size Me of lexicography. I'm reading the OED so you don't have to, says Ammon Shea on his slightly masochistic journey to scale the word lover's Mount Everest: the Oxford English Dictionary. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarian's keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the OED, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word.
Ammon Sheais the author of Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages along with Depraved English, Insulting English, and The Phone Book. A dictionary collector, he has worked as a consulting editor of American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. He has also contributed to the On Language column in Sunday's New York Times and has reviewed language books for the New York Times Book Review. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399533983 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399533982 |
| Title | Reading the OED |
| Author | Ammon Shea |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Perigee Books |
| Year published | 2008-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 223 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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