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ANOTHER WORD A DAY
AN ALL-NEW ROMP THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND INTRIGUING WORDS IN ENGLISH |
| By: |
Anu Garg |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0471718459 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780471718451 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
25 October, 2005 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Presents a smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words. This title celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features chapters ranging from 'Words Formed Erroneously' and 'Red-Herring Words' to 'Kangaroo Words', 'Discover the Theme', and 'What Does That Company Name Mean?'. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words. In this delightful encore to the national bestseller "A Word A Day", Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site, presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. "Another Word A Day" celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from 'Words Formed Erroneously' and 'Red-Herring Words' to 'Kangaroo Words', 'Discover the Theme', and 'What Does That Company Name Mean?'.In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations. "Anu Garg's many readers await their "A Word A Day" rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" - Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at "The Atlantic Monthly" and author of "Word Court"."AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories." - John Simpson, Chief Editor, "Oxford English Dictionary". |
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US |
| Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons Inc |
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