A Miscellany for Word Lovers

Origins, Meanings & Quizzes

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: Robin Hosie, Vic Mayhew ISBN: 9781472110152
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Publication: March 6, 2014
Imprint: How To Books Language: English
Author: Robin Hosie, Vic Mayhew
ISBN: 9781472110152
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication: March 6, 2014
Imprint: How To Books
Language: English

More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:

* The fascinating origins of words
* Quotes and misquotes
* Slang, dialects and secret languages
* Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies
* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform
* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'
* Mnemonics and other memory joggers
* Palindromes and anagrams
* Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without words

Entry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.

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More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:

* The fascinating origins of words
* Quotes and misquotes
* Slang, dialects and secret languages
* Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies
* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform
* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'
* Mnemonics and other memory joggers
* Palindromes and anagrams
* Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without words

Entry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.

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