http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/comment-page-1/#comment-148775 dilip ghosh Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:44:05 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/#comment-148775 This is the ultimate dream of a wordsearcherand .I am really envy of mr amman shea for his commanding masyery in this book. This is the ultimate dream of a wordsearcherand .I am really envy of mr amman shea for his commanding masyery in this book.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/comment-page-1/#comment-145553 Yana Fri, 02 May 2008 00:26:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/#comment-145553 It's interesting that Shea mentions that the OED had arcs, if not a plot. A.J. Jacobs mentions exactly the same thing in The Know-It-All, which is based on a similar premise (he reads the entire Encylopaedia Britannica). I wonder if it reflects a human tendency to make sense of the world and connect things that really have no meaning. It’s interesting that Shea mentions that the OED had arcs, if not a plot. A.J. Jacobs mentions exactly the same thing in The Know-It-All, which is based on a similar premise (he reads the entire Encylopaedia Britannica). I wonder if it reflects a human tendency to make sense of the world and connect things that really have no meaning.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/comment-page-1/#comment-138883 adele Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:17:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/#comment-138883 It is a grand interview and i enjoyed hearing about Ammon Shea! I'll hope to see him sometime on c-span,"Book Notes" program. Congratulation! It is a grand interview and i enjoyed hearing about Ammon Shea!
I’ll hope to see him sometime on c-span,”Book Notes” program.
Congratulation!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/comment-page-1/#comment-138808 Suzie Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:08:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/#comment-138808 Fantastic interview! Shea's book is being added to my "to-read" list right now! Fantastic interview! Shea’s book is being added to my “to-read” list right now!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/comment-page-1/#comment-138742 Charles Hodgson Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:35:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/02/reading_the_oed_an_interview_with_ammon_shea/#comment-138742 "considerably more fun than one might imagine" I'll second that! “considerably more fun than one might imagine”
I’ll second that!

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