Reading the OED

Author: Ammon Shea
Edition: 1ST
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0399533982

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

An obsessive word lover's account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover. Download Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. /B>

"I'm reading the OED so you don't have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on..."

So reports Ammon Shea, the tireless, word-obsessed, and more than slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED. The word lover's 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.

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