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More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:

* The fascinating origins of words
* Quotes and misquotes
* Slang, dialects and secret languages
* Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies
* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform
* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'
* Mnemonics and other memory joggers
* Palindromes and anagrams
* Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without words

Entry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.

A Miscellany for Word Lovers: Origins, Meanings &

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A Paperback / softback by Robin Hosie, Vic Mayhew

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 06/03/2014
    ISBN13: 9781845285159, 978-1845285159
    ISBN10: 1845285158

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:

    * The fascinating origins of words
    * Quotes and misquotes
    * Slang, dialects and secret languages
    * Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies
    * Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform
    * Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'
    * Mnemonics and other memory joggers
    * Palindromes and anagrams
    * Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without words

    Entry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.

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