Reading the OED

One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

Penguin (27 Oct 2008)

9780670073375

| Hardcover

223 pages | 140 x 230 mm | English

$ 29.95 | Value: $ 29.95

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Dewey 428.1

Subject

English Language - Humor
English Language - Terms And Phrases

Plot

"The weird and wonderful words in the Oxford English Dictionary, collected by a man who read the entire thing."--Provided by publisher. An obsessive word lover's account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover. I am reading the OED so you donat have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on...a So reports Ammon Shea, the tireless, word-obsessed, and more than slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED, The word loveras Mount Everest, the OED has enthralled logophiles since its initial publication 80 years ago. Weighing in at 137 pounds, it is the dictionary to end all dictionaries. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarianas keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the OED, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word, and revealing the most obscure, hilarious, and wonderful gems he discovers along the way.