Word Play: A Cornucopia Of Puns, Anagrams & Other Contortions & Curiosities Of The English Language
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781473651456
- Categories BX, BXOS, NF LANG, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Personal Development, Reference
- Author(s) Gyles Brandreth
- Publisher Coronet
- Pages 368
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 13.0cm x 2.3cm x 19.5cm
- Weight 0.26 kg
product description
No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.'
Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun.
Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay.
Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.
