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Reading the OED

By Ammon Shea

By Ammon Shea

By Ammon Shea

By Ammon Shea

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    About Reading the OED

    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.

    About Reading the OED

    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.

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    About Ammon Shea

    Ammon Shea is the author of two previous books on obscure words, Depraved English and Insulting English (written with Peter Novobatzky). He read his first dictionary, Merriam Webster’s Second International, ten years ago, and followed it up with the sequel,… More about Ammon Shea

    About Ammon Shea

    Ammon Shea is the author of two previous books on obscure words, Depraved English and Insulting English (written with Peter Novobatzky). He read his first dictionary, Merriam Webster’s Second International, ten years ago, and followed it up with the sequel,… More about Ammon Shea

    Product Details

    Category: Reference | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Humor

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    May 05, 2009 | 256 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780399535055

    Category: Reference | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Humor

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Jul 02, 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781440634482
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    Praise

    “Oddly inspiring…Shea has walked the wildwood of our gnarled, ancient speech and returned singing incomprehensible sounds in a language that turns out to be our own.”
    -Nicholson Baker, New York Times Book Review

    “Delicious…a lively lexicon.”
    –O, The Oprah Magazine

    “Readworthy.”
    -William Safire, The New York Times Magazine

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