A Miscellany for Word Lovers
Origins, Meanings & Quizzes
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| 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.
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.
