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Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
Reading the OED One Man One Year 21730 Pages Author: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... more » 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.« less