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Word Perfect
Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
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Welcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.From 'Turning a Blind Eye' (Nelson putting the telescope to his missing eye to ignore the order to stop fighting) to why May Day became a distress call; from stealing someone's thunder to the real Jack the Lad, from tartle (forgetting someone's name) to snaccident (unintentionally eating a whole packet of biscuits), Word Perfect is her brilliant linguistic almanac full of unforgettable true stories tied to every day of the year. You'll never be lost for words again.
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Word Perfect, Gyles Brandreth, Susie Dent
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- Released
- 2020
- Binding
- (Hardcover),
- Book condition
- Good
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- €8.59
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- Title
- Word Perfect
- Subtitle
- Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gyles Brandreth, Susie Dent
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 1529311519
- ISBN13
- 9781529311518
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- Welcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.From 'Turning a Blind Eye' (Nelson putting the telescope to his missing eye to ignore the order to stop fighting) to why May Day became a distress call; from stealing someone's thunder to the real Jack the Lad, from tartle (forgetting someone's name) to snaccident (unintentionally eating a whole packet of biscuits), Word Perfect is her brilliant linguistic almanac full of unforgettable true stories tied to every day of the year. You'll never be lost for words again.