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Word Play

A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language...

Gyles Brandreth

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Headline
25 October 2016
'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.

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Imprint:   Headline
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 195mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   258g
ISBN:   9781473620292
ISBN 10:   1473620295
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Gyles Brandreth is a word fanatic. Founder of the National Scrabble Championships and President of the Association of British Scrabble Players, Gyles has appeared on every word-based radio and TV game show and is a regular visitor to 'Dictionary Corner'. He is a former MP and is now well known for being a regular reporter on BBC1's The One Show and a regualar on Radio 4's Just A Minute. He also appears on panel programmes such as QI and Have I Got News for You.

Reviews for Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language

Will amuse children aged five to fifty and beyond. * Times Literary Supplement *


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