
Word Perfect
Etymological Entertainment Every Day
$24.79
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2022
Summary
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
Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner.
From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone’s thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529311488 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529311489 |
| Author: | Susie Dent |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
Utterly addictive … unputdownable – RICHARD & JUDY , Daily Express
I love this book. Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent and nobody writes about it more entertainingly. This is a treat for every day of the year * GYLES BRANDRETH *Susie Dent is a national treasure * RICHARD OSMAN *A golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems for people who love words, for people who aren’t that bothered about words and people who don’t even really like words…and that is the magic of Susie Dent. * JO BRAND *Utterly addictive … unputdownable – RICHARD & JUDY * Daily Express *Stuffed with delightful words … it’ll keep Scrabble fanatics and wordsmiths entertained for hours * Radio Times *Entertaining * Spectator *Packed full of fascinating facts – Charlotte Heathcote * Sunday Express *Magic – Mark Mason * Daily Mail *You can pick it up and be absorbed for hours * The Press (York) *
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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