Word Play: A Cornucopia of Puns, Anagrams and Other Contortions and Curiosities of the English Language

By Gyles Brandreth

Book Overview

'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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473620295
• ISBN13: 9781473620292
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Coronet Books (GB)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"