How Long to Read Reading the Oxford English Dictionary

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading the Oxford English Dictionary?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Reading the Oxford English Dictionary by Ammon Shea

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

'If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on. I have read the OED so you don't have to...' Weighing in at 137 pounds, the Oxford English Dictionary is the word lover's Everest and the world's most exhaustive and exhausting dictionary - for instance, there are over 60,000 words on the various meanings of set and un- goes on for 451 pages. Like a lexicographical Edmund Hillary, Ammon Shea set out to boldly read, where no reader has gone before - from cover to cover.Reading the OED gives a very funny account of his coffee-fuelled twelve months lost inside its 20 volumes. Divided into 26 chapters, one per letter of the alphabet, this book is part personal narrative (exploring everything from love to glasses to the superiority of books over computers) and part a collection of Shea's favourite discoveries. These span from the oddly useful (parabore - a defence against bores) to the downright bizarre (natiform - shaped like buttocks) and takes in Nashe's eight different kinds of drunkenness and all kinds of other strangely memorable information along the way. Filled with curiosities, delights and surprises, Reading the OED is a feast for language obsessives, from a man who loves words (perhaps a little too much).

How long is Reading the Oxford English Dictionary?

Reading the Oxford English Dictionary by Ammon Shea is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading the Oxford English Dictionary Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Reading the Oxford English Dictionary aloud.

What Reading Level is Reading the Oxford English Dictionary?

Reading the Oxford English Dictionary is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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