Word Nerd

Author(s): Michael Powell

English Language

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781788402019
  • : Hachette
  • : Cassell
  • : 0.22
  • : October 2019
  • : ---length:- '17.6'width:- '12.8'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 96
  • : 1910
  • : Hardback
  • : Michael Powell