A Word a Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English - Rilegato

Garg, Anu

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1620458020 ISBN 13: 9781620458020

Casa editrice: Trade Paper Pr, 2002

Riassunto

Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!
-Barbara Wallraff
Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court

Praise for A Word a Day

""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens.""
-John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary

""A banquet of words! Feast and be nourished!""
-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language

Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from ""Portmanteaux"" to ""Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective."" each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Trade Paper Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1620458020
• ISBN 13: 9781620458020
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 222
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile