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Word Play: A Cornucopia of Puns, Anagrams and Other Contortions and Curiosities of the English Language
Contributor(s): Brandreth, Gyles (Author)
ISBN: 1473620295     ISBN-13: 9781473620292
Publisher: Coronet Books (GB)
OUR PRICE:   $14.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Games & Activities | Word & Word Search
- Games & Activities | Logic & Brain Teasers
Dewey: 793
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.55 lbs) 400 pages
 
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Publisher 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.