| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 08 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by William Dufris. |
| Summary |
"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. 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, and revealing the most obscure, hilarious, and wonderful gems he discovers along the way. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Oxford English dictionary.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
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English language -- Lexicography.
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English language -- Etymology.
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| Added Author |
Dufris, William. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780061735882 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0061735884 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11589669 |
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