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Word Nerd


  • Cassell (octopus)
  • by Michael Powell
The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage! This book contains a boatload of things you didn't know about the English language and it's a guaranteed prolix-free zone.

ISBN 9781788402019 | E | HB
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Publisher Cassell (octopus)
ISBN 9781788402019
Author(s) Michael Powell
Publication date October 2019
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 200 x 140 mm
Pages 96
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Publisher ISBN 9781788402002 (Grammar Geek)
Description

The English language is full of beauty and surprises.

If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage!

Did you know:
- pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak English
- the hashtag symbol is an "octothorpe"
- "bumfiddle" means to spoil a piece of paper or document
- the word "noon" originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of "bamboozle" is to make a baboon out of someone.

This book contains a boatload of things you didn't know about the English language and it's a guaranteed prolix-free zone.