Word Play

Name: Word Play
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
SKU: 9781473620292-B
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By Gyles Brandreth

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'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.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 368
Publisher:: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date:: 2016-08-25
ISBN / EAN:: 9781473620292
Weight:: 250 g
Dimensions:: 13/20/3 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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