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Word Play

By Gyles Brandreth

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Word Play

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2016-08-25
Publication Date:
2016-08-25
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1473620295
ISBN13:
9781473620292
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
250 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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