'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.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781473620292Number of pages: 368Weight: 258 gDimensions: 195 x 130 x 23 mm
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Will amuse children aged five to fifty and beyond.
Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Brandreth is a British author,presenter and former politician,with a reputation as an accomplished raconteur and public speaker.
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