Interesting Stories about Curious Words
from stealing thunder to red herrings
$26.40
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2024
Summary
Interesting Stories About Curious Words: A Lexicographer’s Linguistic Journey
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.
Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS?
What’s the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER?
Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk?
What do bears have to do with LICKING …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399811682 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399811681 |
| Author: | Susie Dent |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 197mm x 31mm |
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Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language * Pam Ayres * Susie Dent is a national treasure * Richard Osman * With this book, readers won’t be lost for words: we’ll be happily lost within them * Irish Sunday Business Post *
About The Author
Susie Dent
Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4’s Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and has been on every programme about words: 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, and More or Less. Susie also writes regularly for the Radio Times, The Week Junior and The I, and her Word of the Day has attracted over 1,000,000 followers on Twitter.
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