An obsessive word lover’s account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover.
“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.
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评分從陸榖孫先生的《餘墨集》裏得知這本書,讀完後感覺作者實在幸福,抽齣一整年的時間讀完OED並在此期間基本靠女友養活,實乃我輩懶人的羨慕對象。書中對一些單詞的摘錄及作者的評論構成瞭章節的主體,也是本書醍醐味所在。但手頭電子版最大的問題在於排版不時齣現錯誤,讀的過程隨之變成瞭排版的過程。好在一遍讀完排版也修復瞭七七八八,等手頭新書讀過後就擇日再讀一遍。
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评分learned a word BOREE from reading it. Then, a friend asked me not to take unecessary adventure out of BOREDOM. Hah.
评分從陸榖孫先生的《餘墨集》裏得知這本書,讀完後感覺作者實在幸福,抽齣一整年的時間讀完OED並在此期間基本靠女友養活,實乃我輩懶人的羨慕對象。書中對一些單詞的摘錄及作者的評論構成瞭章節的主體,也是本書醍醐味所在。但手頭電子版最大的問題在於排版不時齣現錯誤,讀的過程隨之變成瞭排版的過程。好在一遍讀完排版也修復瞭七七八八,等手頭新書讀過後就擇日再讀一遍。
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