Gyles Brandreth

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Word Play: A Cornucopia of Puns, Anagrams and Other Contortions and Curiosities of the English LanguagePaperback, 25 October 2016

Word Play: A Cornucopia of Puns, Anagrams and Other Contortions and Curiosities of the English Language
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400 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Coronet Books (GB)
Date Published
25 Oct 2016
ISBN-10
1473620295
ISBN-13
9781473620292

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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

Author:
Gyles Brandreth
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
25 October 2016
Dimensions:
19.3 x 12.7 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1473620295
ISBN-13:
9781473620292
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Weight:
249.48 gm

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