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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: 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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