How long does it take to read The Meaning of Liff?
The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams, John Lloyd takes about 3 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 185 pages, about 50,875 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In life and, indeed, in liff, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. This text uses place names to describe some of these meanings.
Subjects: Geographical Names, Humor, American wit and humor, Terms and phrases, English wit and humor, Humor, general
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