Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language

'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.'
Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun.

Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay.

Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.

Title - Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language

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Author - Gyles Brandreth

ISBN 13 - 9781473620292

Imprint - Coronet Books

Publisher - Hodder & Stoughton

Date Published - 25/08/2016

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 195 x 23mm

Weight - 258 g

Languages - English