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Dictionaries & Phone Books at the Boston Book Festival 2015
Dictionaries & Phone Books at the Boston Book Festival 2015
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ammon Shea has read the entire Oxford English Dictionary and the phone book cover-to-cover and written books of his own about each. In this special book festival edition of the show, we cover exotic words, the most expensive phone book in the world, and how to use etymology as a pick up line. Hosted by Chris Duffy. Produced by Julie Smith Clem and Pretty Good Friends.
Released:
Sep 20, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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