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Deb
Aug 04, 2013 rated it really liked it
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Something so commonplace that is used almost daily and I have never thought of what it took to create such a comprehensive text that we all take for granted. If the immense undertaking of creating a publication of word meanings, their origins, pronunciation, and use wasn't enough, the story also has a peculiar contributor - Dr. Minor who spent the majority of his life in an insane asylum.

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